Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 907634 search inquires.

Random title: Mint
Explanation: A facility for manufacturing coins, also used to describe an unused coin, or a coin in perfect or near perfect condition, as though is had just been manufactured

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 53809  14.16%
Silver Clad 31000  8.16%
Coin Silver 23055  6.07%
Slabbed Coins 21894  5.76%
BN 21365  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20700  5.45%
RB 19750  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17072  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16657  4.38%
Reeded Edge 15799  4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15776  4.15%
PQ 14554  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14422  3.80%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14399  3.79%
Rarity 14295  3.76%
Incuse 13504  3.55%
Coin drop 13285  3.50%
High Relief 13278  3.49%
Reverse Cameo 12757  3.36%
Obverse or Face side 12576  3.31%