Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1124988 search inquires.

Random title: Bag Mark
Explanation: A surface mark, usually in the form of a nick, acquired by a coin when it came in contact with others in a mint bag. Bag marks are most common on large and heavy silver and gold coins (also known as contact marks or keg marks)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56073  13.23%
Silver Clad 32967  7.78%
Coin Silver 25037  5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23971  5.66%
BN 23519  5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22464  5.30%
RB 21969  5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18942  4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18901  4.46%
Reeded Edge 17782  4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17591  4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17013  4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16953  4.00%
Rarity 16832  3.97%
PQ 16512  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16198  3.82%
Incuse 15540  3.67%
Coin drop 15388  3.63%
High Relief 15156  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14901  3.52%