Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 956455 search inquires.

Random title: High Relief
Explanation: A coin with deep concave fields due to highly raised designs. High relief coins require extra pressure to be fully struck and are difficult to stack

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54541  13.88%
Silver Clad 31598  8.04%
Coin Silver 23683  6.03%
Slabbed Coins 22535  5.73%
BN 22078  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21274  5.41%
RB 20459  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17678  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17317  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16424  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16374  4.17%
PQ 15204  3.87%
Rarity 15087  3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15033  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14993  3.82%
Incuse 14200  3.61%
Coin drop 13937  3.55%
High Relief 13893  3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13463  3.43%
Obverse or Face side 13181  3.35%