Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 985000 search inquires.

Random title: Commemorative

Explanation: Coin issued by the government to celebrate and honour an outstanding person, place, or event in history. These coins are extremely popular with collectors

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54833	13.76%
Silver Clad	31841	7.99%
Coin Silver	23923	6.00%
Slabbed Coins	22827	5.73%
BN	22376	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21488	5.39%
RB	20768	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17929	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17608	4.42%
Reeded Edge	16681	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16605	4.17%
PQ	15459	3.88%
Rarity	15432	3.87%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15329	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15235	3.82%
Incuse	14498	3.64%
Coin drop	14219	3.57%
High Relief	14147	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13762	3.45%
Obverse or Face side	13452	3.38%