Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 860330 search inquires.

Selected title: Ingot
Explanation: A bar of metal as cast before it is rolled, cut, and stamped into coins. Ingots themselves have also been used as coins or money

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 52728 14.53%
Silver Clad 30201 8.32%
Coin Silver 22204 6.12%
Slabbed Coins 21073 5.81%
BN 20435 5.63%
Encapsulated Coin 19933 5.49%
RB 18856 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16237 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15734 4.34%
Reeded Edge 15002 4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14960 4.12%
PQ 13774 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13651 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13610 3.75%
Rarity 13246 3.65%
Incuse 12647 3.49%
High Relief 12536 3.45%
Coin drop 12372 3.41%
Reverse Cameo 11890 3.28%
Obverse or Face side 11789 3.25%