Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 511537 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)	32177	13.86%
Silver Clad	24081	10.38%
BN	15039	6.48%
Encapsulated Coin	14439	6.22%
RB	13055	5.63%
Slabbed Coins	12555	5.41%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	10931	4.71%
Coin Silver	10874	4.69%
Reeded Edge	10199	4.39%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	10108	4.36%
PF (PF60, PF70)	9715	4.19%
PQ	8653	3.73%
MS (MS60-MS70)	8642	3.72%
PR (PR60, PR70)	8320	3.58%
High Relief	8134	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	7800	3.36%
Rarity	7045	3.04%
Incuse	6870	2.96%
Reverse Cameo	6739	2.90%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	6641	2.86%