Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 950077 search inquires.

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Explanation: The rarest (or one of the most rare) and therefore most expensive members of a coin series, e.g. the 1909-S VDB Lincoln cent or 1916-D Mercury dime

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54450 13.91%
Silver Clad 31534 8.05%
Coin Silver 23612 6.03%
Slabbed Coins 22468 5.74%
BN 22014 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21229 5.42%
RB 20373 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17623 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17245 4.40%
Reeded Edge 16352 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16320 4.17%
PQ 15117 3.86%
Rarity 14991 3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14951 3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14934 3.81%
Incuse 14107 3.60%
Coin drop 13865 3.54%
High Relief 13831 3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13399 3.42%
Obverse or Face side 13103 3.35%