Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1137974 search inquires.

Random title: Oddity
Explanation: When something unusual happens to a coin, it is sometimes called an oddity. Can be an 'error' that was made at the mint, or something that was done to a coin after the minting of the coin

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56190 13.19%
Silver Clad 33072 7.76%
Coin Silver 25163 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24085 5.65%
BN 23618 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22567 5.30%
RB 22077 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19065 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18990 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17888 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17683 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17102 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17093 4.01%
Rarity 16978 3.99%
PQ 16616 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16296 3.83%
Incuse 15645 3.67%
Coin drop 15513 3.64%
High Relief 15264 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15018 3.53%