Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 635951 search inquires.

Random title: Oddity
Explanation: When something unusual happens to a coin, it is sometimes called an oddity. Can be an 'error' that was made at the mint, or something that was done to a coin after the minting of the coin

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 37389 13.37%
Silver Clad 26745 9.57%
Coin Silver 18925 6.77%
BN 16782 6.00%
Encapsulated Coin 16197 5.79%
Slabbed Coins 15819 5.66%
RB 15362 5.49%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 12517 4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70) 12143 4.34%
Reeded Edge 11940 4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 11637 4.16%
PQ 10414 3.72%
MS (MS60-MS70) 10321 3.69%
PR (PR60, PR70) 10209 3.65%
High Relief 9599 3.43%
Incuse 9515 3.40%
Coin drop 8857 3.17%
Obverse or Face side 8825 3.16%
Rarity 8493 3.04%
Reverse Cameo 7873 2.82%