Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 611492 search inquires.

Selected term: Krause

Explanation: A numismatic publishing company (Krause Publications); this company's Standard Catalog of World Coins

Most popular coin terms

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	36679	13.73%
Silver Clad	26378	9.87%
BN	16526	6.19%
Encapsulated Coin	15937	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	15347	5.74%
RB	15038	5.63%
Coin Silver	12581	4.71%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	12242	4.58%
PF (PF60, PF70)	11807	4.42%
Reeded Edge	11630	4.35%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	11361	4.25%
PQ	10141	3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70)	10055	3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70)	9880	3.70%
High Relief	9365	3.51%
Incuse	9154	3.43%
Obverse or Face side	8630	3.23%
Coin drop	8537	3.20%
Rarity	8242	3.08%
Reverse Cameo	7638	2.86%