Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1059011 search inquires.

Random title: Colonial

Explanation: A coin issued by any colony; frequently refers to those produced by European colonies in the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most were made of copper and in small denominations

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55476	13.53%
Silver Clad	32379	7.90%
Coin Silver	24485	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23382	5.70%
BN	22968	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	21961	5.36%
RB	21420	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18432	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18142	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17232	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17060	4.16%
Rarity	16187	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16161	3.94%
PQ	15970	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15711	3.83%
Incuse	15010	3.66%
Coin drop	14792	3.61%
High Relief	14650	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14325	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	14068	3.43%