Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1012266 search inquires.

Random title: NC
Explanation: Not Collectable: A unique or nearly unique coin. Usually one of Sheldon's die varieties of Large Cents. At the time of Sheldon's 'Penny Whimsey' (1958), for a coin to be NC, there had to be less than 3 specimens known

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55049 13.67%
Silver Clad 32024 7.95%
Coin Silver 24120 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23019 5.72%
BN 22605 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21657 5.38%
RB 21024 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18113 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17827 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16868 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16776 4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15818 3.93%
Rarity 15678 3.89%
PQ 15638 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15402 3.82%
Incuse 14695 3.65%
Coin drop 14421 3.58%
High Relief 14335 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 13991 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13697 3.40%