Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 920366 search inquires.

Random title: Colonial

Explanation: A coin issued by any colony; frequently refers to those produced by European colonies in the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most were made of copper and in small denominations

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54049	14.06%
Silver Clad	31196	8.12%
Coin Silver	23270	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22106	5.75%
BN	21610	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20922	5.44%
RB	19974	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17284	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16880	4.39%
Reeded Edge	16000	4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15984	4.16%
PQ	14770	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14640	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14614	3.80%
Rarity	14553	3.79%
Incuse	13730	3.57%
High Relief	13494	3.51%
Coin drop	13484	3.51%
Reverse Cameo	12987	3.38%
Obverse or Face side	12777	3.32%