Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1103914 search inquires.

Random title: High Relief
Explanation: A coin with deep concave fields due to highly raised designs. High relief coins require extra pressure to be fully struck and are difficult to stack

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55894 13.30%
Silver Clad 32807 7.80%
Coin Silver 24859 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23776 5.66%
BN 23360 5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22302 5.31%
RB 21809 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18791 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18768 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17616 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17414 4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16876 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16733 3.98%
Rarity 16643 3.96%
PQ 16354 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16049 3.82%
Incuse 15378 3.66%
Coin drop 15196 3.61%
High Relief 15004 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14742 3.51%