Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 900503 search inquires.

Selected title: Ground

Explanation: The baseline on which figures or other parts of a coin's design stand

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	53648	14.25%
Silver Clad	30845	8.19%
Coin Silver	22880	6.08%
Slabbed Coins	21721	5.77%
BN	21172	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20540	5.45%
RB	19566	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16906	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16494	4.38%
Reeded Edge	15634	4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15600	4.14%
PQ	14400	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14253	3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14226	3.78%
Rarity	14092	3.74%
Incuse	13328	3.54%
High Relief	13124	3.49%
Coin drop	13112	3.48%
Reverse Cameo	12577	3.34%
Obverse or Face side	12411	3.30%