Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1074201 search inquires.

Random title: Duodecimal
Explanation: A coinage or monetary system having twelve minor denominations per major denomination, for example there used to be twelve British pennies to the shilling

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55617 13.47%
Silver Clad 32513 7.88%
Coin Silver 24628 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23525 5.70%
BN 23094 5.59%
Encapsulated Coin 22081 5.35%
RB 21558 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18549 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18473 4.47%
Reeded Edge 17372 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17197 4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16413 3.98%
Rarity 16327 3.95%
PQ 16118 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15843 3.84%
Incuse 15135 3.67%
Coin drop 14936 3.62%
High Relief 14784 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14465 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14195 3.44%