Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1142347 search inquires.

Random title: FAO
Explanation: Food Agricultural Organization of United Nations: the most famous organization fighting for the production of more food for the poorest countries suffering still today a persevering undernutrition. The first coin has been issued by the Bolivian Government in 1968 and after that, many countries issued a lot of other coins. Actually there are over 1,600 coins which celebrate this very important World Association, struck by about 140 nations all around the World. All these coins included common divisional currency as well as silver and gold coins. There're also some rarity as pattern and piefort pieces which are more rare and surely not cheap

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56228  13.18%
Silver Clad 33111  7.76%
Coin Silver 25205  5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24117  5.65%
BN 23659  5.54%
Encapsulated Coin 22603  5.30%
RB 22120  5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19096  4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 19016  4.46%
Reeded Edge 17924  4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17712  4.15%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17134  4.02%
Obverse or Face side 17127  4.01%
Rarity 17029  3.99%
PQ 16652  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16319  3.82%
Incuse 15687  3.68%
Coin drop 15564  3.65%
High Relief 15299  3.59%
Reverse Cameo 15058  3.53%