Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 503285 search inquires.

Random term: Tin

Explanation: A soft grey metallic element which has occasionally been used for coins, and is also a constituent of bronze which has often been used as a coin alloy, and often wrongly called copper

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	31766	13.88%
Silver Clad	23862	10.43%
BN	14906	6.52%
Encapsulated Coin	14281	6.24%
RB	12888	5.63%
Slabbed Coins	12312	5.38%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	10814	4.73%
Coin Silver	10705	4.68%
Reeded Edge	10057	4.40%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	9973	4.36%
PF (PF60, PF70)	9558	4.18%
PQ	8514	3.72%
MS (MS60-MS70)	8486	3.71%
PR (PR60, PR70)	8200	3.58%
High Relief	8022	3.51%
Obverse or Face side	7701	3.37%
Rarity	6932	3.03%
Reverse Cameo	6633	2.90%
Incuse	6630	2.90%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	6548	2.86%