Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 186535 search inquires.

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

Most popular coin terms

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 10686 11.82%
Silver Clad 9812 10.85%
BN 7265 8.04%
Encapsulated Coin 5561 6.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 5035 5.57%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 4790 5.30%
RB 4693 5.19%
Obverse or Face side 4285 4.74%
Reeded Edge 4106 4.54%
Coin Silver 3955 4.37%
PF (PF60, PF70) 3714 4.11%
PR (PR60, PR70) 3703 4.10%
Reverse Cameo 3329 3.68%
MS (MS60-MS70) 3206 3.55%
PQ 3081 3.41%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 2895 3.20%
Clad Coinage 2775 3.07%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 2614 2.89%
Flyspecks 2469 2.73%
High Relief 2377 2.63%