Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 628768 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) 37056 13.39%
Silver Clad 26581 9.61%
Coin Silver 18791 6.79%
BN 16647 6.02%
Encapsulated Coin 16067 5.81%
Slabbed Coins 15631 5.65%
RB 15246 5.51%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 12378 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 11983 4.33%
Reeded Edge 11816 4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 11521 4.16%
PQ 10297 3.72%
MS (MS60-MS70) 10183 3.68%
PR (PR60, PR70) 10067 3.64%
High Relief 9475 3.42%
Incuse 9362 3.38%
Coin drop 8727 3.15%
Obverse or Face side 8721 3.15%
Rarity 8327 3.01%
Reverse Cameo 7757 2.80%