Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 940616 search inquires.

Random title: Year Set
Explanation: A collection of all coins issued by a country for any one year (does not necessarily include every mint mark)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54306 13.95%
Silver Clad 31419 8.07%
Coin Silver 23498 6.03%
Slabbed Coins 22346 5.74%
BN 21884 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21131 5.43%
RB 20237 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17523 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17135 4.40%
Reeded Edge 16236 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16219 4.16%
PQ 15000 3.85%
Rarity 14846 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14842 3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14831 3.81%
Incuse 13978 3.59%
Coin drop 13729 3.53%
High Relief 13719 3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13270 3.41%
Obverse or Face side 12990 3.34%