Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 968935 search inquires.

Selected title: High Relief

Explanation: A coin with deep concave fields due to highly raised designs. High relief coins require extra pressure to be fully struck and are difficult to stack

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54669	13.82%
Silver Clad	31693	8.01%
Coin Silver	23787	6.01%
Slabbed Coins	22647	5.72%
BN	22194	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21358	5.40%
RB	20573	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17799	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17430	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16521	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16469	4.16%
PQ	15318	3.87%
Rarity	15234	3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15148	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15091	3.81%
Incuse	14320	3.62%
Coin drop	14052	3.55%
High Relief	13994	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13591	3.44%
Obverse or Face side	13310	3.36%