Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 446289 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) 28944 13.89%
Silver Clad 22512 10.80%
BN 14013 6.73%
Encapsulated Coin 13070 6.27%
RB 11785 5.66%
Slabbed Coins 10603 5.09%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 9984 4.79%
Coin Silver 9686 4.65%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 9187 4.41%
Reeded Edge 9082 4.36%
PF (PF60, PF70) 8532 4.10%
PQ 7641 3.67%
MS (MS60-MS70) 7434 3.57%
PR (PR60, PR70) 7432 3.57%
High Relief 7306 3.51%
Obverse or Face side 7114 3.41%
Rarity 6174 2.96%
Reverse Cameo 6128 2.94%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 5941 2.85%
Clad Coinage 5747 2.76%