Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1071717 search inquires.

Random title: BB# (BB1-BBn?)

Explanation: Bowers and Borckardt number (1993): Die variety - Silver Dollars, 1794-1804 and later

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55591	13.48%
Silver Clad	32492	7.88%
Coin Silver	24610	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23501	5.70%
BN	23076	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22068	5.35%
RB	21534	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18533	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18442	4.47%
Reeded Edge	17350	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17175	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16384	3.97%
Rarity	16306	3.95%
PQ	16098	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15817	3.84%
Incuse	15114	3.66%
Coin drop	14917	3.62%
High Relief	14765	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14440	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14179	3.44%