Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1100744 search inquires.

Random title: Duodecimal

Explanation: A coinage or monetary system having twelve minor denominations per major denomination, for example there used to be twelve British pennies to the shilling

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55877	13.30%
Silver Clad	32780	7.80%
Coin Silver	24839	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23761	5.66%
BN	23342	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22281	5.30%
RB	21791	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18764	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18756	4.47%
Reeded Edge	17584	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17396	4.14%
Obverse or Face side	16858	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16696	3.98%
Rarity	16617	3.96%
PQ	16335	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16032	3.82%
Incuse	15354	3.66%
Coin drop	15175	3.61%
High Relief	14988	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14719	3.50%