Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 863392 search inquires.

Selected title: Relief
Explanation: Any part of a coin design that is raised above the coin's surface is said to be in relief. It also represents the distance between the higher and the lowest place of the design of a coin (the opposite of relief is incuse)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 52832 14.53%
Silver Clad 30241 8.31%
Coin Silver 22241 6.11%
Slabbed Coins 21112 5.80%
BN 20480 5.63%
Encapsulated Coin 19973 5.49%
RB 18902 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16286 4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15768 4.34%
Reeded Edge 15042 4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14992 4.12%
PQ 13809 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13688 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13642 3.75%
Rarity 13285 3.65%
Incuse 12678 3.49%
High Relief 12565 3.45%
Coin drop 12419 3.41%
Reverse Cameo 11925 3.28%
Obverse or Face side 11820 3.25%