Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 939218 search inquires.

Selected title: E-gold
Explanation: E-gold is gold itself, circulated electronically... it's the ultimate worldwide free market currency. You can use it to make purchases, save it, or sell it. It's a way of converting some of your "paper money" into gold, silver, or platinum...... and still be able to use it as you need to

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54303  13.96%
Silver Clad 31414  8.07%
Coin Silver 23491  6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22342  5.74%
BN 21876  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21128  5.43%
RB 20229  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17513  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17132  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16231  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16216  4.17%
PQ 14995  3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14839  3.81%
Rarity 14836  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14828  3.81%
Incuse 13971  3.59%
Coin drop 13727  3.53%
High Relief 13715  3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13262  3.41%
Obverse or Face side 12987  3.34%