Coin Terminology and Glossary

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Random title: Tournois
Explanation: Of or relating to the French city of Tours. The terms livre tournois, gros tournois, and denier tournois, therefore mean a Tours pound, 'large', and penny respectively, or a coin struck to the same standard. The Scottish denomination turner is undoubtedly a corruption of tournois; Any coin intended for foreign trade rather than domestic circulation, often intended to circulate based on its bullion value, usually in foreign countries rather than its country of issue

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Silver Clad 28781 8.88%
Coin Silver 20854 6.43%
Slabbed Coins 19268 5.94%
BN 18927 5.84%
Encapsulated Coin 18230 5.62%
RB 17573 5.42%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 14346 4.42%
PF (PF60, PF70) 14232 4.39%
Reeded Edge 13722 4.23%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 13435 4.14%
PQ 12486 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 12197 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 12055 3.72%
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Incuse 11289 3.48%
Rarity 11268 3.47%
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