Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1070967 search inquires.

Random title: Colonial
Explanation: A coin issued by any colony; frequently refers to those produced by European colonies in the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most were made of copper and in small denominations

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55587  13.48%
Silver Clad 32490  7.88%
Coin Silver 24601  5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23496  5.70%
BN 23069  5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22063  5.35%
RB 21531  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18530  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18433  4.47%
Reeded Edge 17344  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17171  4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16371  3.97%
Rarity 16295  3.95%
PQ 16086  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15813  3.84%
Incuse 15110  3.67%
Coin drop 14909  3.62%
High Relief 14760  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14436  3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14172  3.44%