Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1104312 search inquires.

Random title: Oddity
Explanation: When something unusual happens to a coin, it is sometimes called an oddity. Can be an 'error' that was made at the mint, or something that was done to a coin after the minting of the coin

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55899 13.29%
Silver Clad 32811 7.80%
Coin Silver 24864 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23782 5.66%
BN 23364 5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22307 5.31%
RB 21814 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18797 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18773 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17620 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17422 4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16879 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16740 3.98%
Rarity 16649 3.96%
PQ 16359 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16054 3.82%
Incuse 15383 3.66%
Coin drop 15201 3.62%
High Relief 15010 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14746 3.51%