Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 391618 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) 26021 14.07%
Silver Clad 20609 11.15%
BN 12750 6.90%
Encapsulated Coin 11734 6.35%
RB 10406 5.63%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 9016 4.88%
Slabbed Coins 8549 4.62%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 8345 4.51%
Coin Silver 8279 4.48%
Reeded Edge 8079 4.37%
PF (PF60, PF70) 7468 4.04%
PQ 6791 3.67%
PR (PR60, PR70) 6631 3.59%
Obverse or Face side 6448 3.49%
MS (MS60-MS70) 6429 3.48%
High Relief 6384 3.45%
Reverse Cameo 5448 2.95%
Rarity 5334 2.89%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 5188 2.81%
Clad Coinage 4971 2.69%