Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 277952 search inquires.

Random term: Privy mark
Explanation: Originally a small mark or differentiation in the design of a coin for the purpose of identifying the mint, moneyer, or some other aspect of the coins production or origin, for control purposes. Nowadays mainly used as a design and marketing feature

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 18829 13.92%
Silver Clad 15091 11.16%
BN 10090 7.46%
Encapsulated Coin 8659 6.40%
RB 7608 5.63%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 6904 5.11%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 6725 4.97%
Reeded Edge 5874 4.34%
Coin Silver 5761 4.26%
PF (PF60, PF70) 5476 4.05%
Obverse or Face side 5201 3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 5093 3.77%
PQ 4837 3.58%
MS (MS60-MS70) 4658 3.44%
High Relief 4541 3.36%
Slabbed Coins 4509 3.33%
Reverse Cameo 4260 3.15%
Clad Coinage 3816 2.82%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 3724 2.75%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 3573 2.64%