Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1086855 search inquires.

Selected title: High Relief

Explanation: A coin with deep concave fields due to highly raised designs. High relief coins require extra pressure to be fully struck and are difficult to stack

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55769	13.42%
Silver Clad	32684	7.86%
Coin Silver	24751	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	23661	5.69%
BN	23260	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22202	5.34%
RB	21680	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18663	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18650	4.49%
Reeded Edge	17492	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17311	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16563	3.99%
Rarity	16488	3.97%
PQ	16238	3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15956	3.84%
Incuse	15251	3.67%
Coin drop	15073	3.63%
High Relief	14899	3.59%
Reverse Cameo	14620	3.52%
Obverse or Face side	14314	3.44%