Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 734755 search inquires.

Random title: Precious metal

Explanation: Metals of value, typically gold, silver, platinum. However, can include palladium and rhodium

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	41916	13.27%
Silver Clad	28429	9.00%
Coin Silver	20509	6.49%
Slabbed Coins	18731	5.93%
BN	18467	5.84%
Encapsulated Coin	17808	5.64%
RB	17151	5.43%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	14014	4.44%
PF (PF60, PF70)	13872	4.39%
Reeded Edge	13397	4.24%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	13099	4.15%
PQ	12054	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	11879	3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70)	11738	3.71%
High Relief	11009	3.48%
Incuse	10987	3.48%
Rarity	10826	3.43%
Coin drop	10360	3.28%
Obverse or Face side	10249	3.24%
Reverse Cameo	9427	2.98%