Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 245162 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) 16404 13.69%
Silver Clad 13116 10.95%
BN 9244 7.72%
Encapsulated Coin 7678 6.41%
RB 6595 5.50%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 6216 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 6132 5.12%
Reeded Edge 5254 4.39%
Coin Silver 5074 4.24%
PF (PF60, PF70) 4928 4.11%
Obverse or Face side 4832 4.03%
PR (PR60, PR70) 4650 3.88%
PQ 4233 3.53%
MS (MS60-MS70) 4152 3.47%
Reverse Cameo 3939 3.29%
High Relief 3667 3.06%
Slabbed Coins 3501 2.92%
Clad Coinage 3465 2.89%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 3400 2.84%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 3220 2.69%