Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1000840 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

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54945  13.71%
Silver Clad 31945  7.97%
Coin Silver 24022  5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22927  5.72%
BN 22496  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21578  5.38%
RB 20911  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18023  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17721  4.42%
Reeded Edge 16776  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16692  4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15721  3.92%
Rarity 15558  3.88%
PQ 15551  3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15312  3.82%
Incuse 14602  3.64%
Coin drop 14317  3.57%
High Relief 14241  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13881  3.46%
Obverse or Face side 13555  3.38%