Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 926171 search inquires.

Random title: Die Defect
Explanation: Wear on a die from use in the minting process

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54126 14.02%
Silver Clad 31271 8.10%
Coin Silver 23337 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22179 5.75%
BN 21687 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20982 5.44%
RB 20051 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17357 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16948 4.39%
Reeded Edge 16075 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16063 4.16%
PQ 14838 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14698 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14680 3.80%
Rarity 14642 3.79%
Incuse 13812 3.58%
High Relief 13569 3.52%
Coin drop 13555 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 13081 3.39%
Obverse or Face side 12842 3.33%