Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1086539 search inquires.

Random title: NC
Explanation: Not Collectable: A unique or nearly unique coin. Usually one of Sheldon's die varieties of Large Cents. At the time of Sheldon's 'Penny Whimsey' (1958), for a coin to be NC, there had to be less than 3 specimens known

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55767 13.42%
Silver Clad 32681 7.87%
Coin Silver 24750 5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23656 5.69%
BN 23256 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22196 5.34%
RB 21678 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18662 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18647 4.49%
Reeded Edge 17487 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17309 4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16555 3.98%
Rarity 16486 3.97%
PQ 16233 3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15952 3.84%
Incuse 15247 3.67%
Coin drop 15070 3.63%
High Relief 14895 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14617 3.52%
Obverse or Face side 14309 3.44%