Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1063302 search inquires.

Random title: Relief

Explanation: Any part of a coin design that is raised above the coin's surface is said to be in relief. It also represents the distance between the higher and the lowest place of the design of a coin (the opposite of relief is incuse)

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55518	13.52%
Silver Clad	32418	7.89%
Coin Silver	24537	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23419	5.70%
BN	23007	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22001	5.36%
RB	21462	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18476	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18195	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17281	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17109	4.17%
Rarity	16221	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16208	3.95%
PQ	16017	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15754	3.84%
Incuse	15051	3.66%
Coin drop	14838	3.61%
High Relief	14692	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14371	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14115	3.44%