Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 952646 search inquires.

Selected title: Blanks (planchet)

Explanation: Pieces of metal being prepared for coinage before the rims have been raised by passing through the upsetting millintended. Intended for coinage but as yet unstruck

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54489	13.89%
Silver Clad	31563	8.05%
Coin Silver	23644	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22496	5.74%
BN	22043	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21252	5.42%
RB	20411	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17643	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17276	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16383	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16343	4.17%
PQ	15162	3.87%
Rarity	15031	3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14987	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14957	3.81%
Incuse	14155	3.61%
Coin drop	13904	3.55%
High Relief	13856	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13429	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13132	3.35%