Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 937998 search inquires.

Random title: BB# (BB1-BBn?)

Explanation: Bowers and Borckardt number (1993): Die variety - Silver Dollars, 1794-1804 and later

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54285	13.97%
Silver Clad	31400	8.08%
Coin Silver	23476	6.04%
Slabbed Coins	22321	5.74%
BN	21856	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21113	5.43%
RB	20213	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17500	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17114	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16213	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16201	4.17%
PQ	14980	3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14826	3.81%
Rarity	14815	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14813	3.81%
Incuse	13950	3.59%
Coin drop	13707	3.53%
High Relief	13699	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13245	3.41%
Obverse or Face side	12972	3.34%