Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1086682 search inquires.

Random title: Numismatics
Explanation: The science, study or collecting of coins, paper money, tokens, medallions, orders and similar objects exchanged for goods and services or manufactured by similar methods

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55768  13.42%
Silver Clad 32683  7.87%
Coin Silver 24751  5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23660  5.69%
BN 23259  5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22200  5.34%
RB 21679  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18662  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18649  4.49%
Reeded Edge 17490  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17310  4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16560  3.99%
Rarity 16488  3.97%
PQ 16237  3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15955  3.84%
Incuse 15250  3.67%
Coin drop 15072  3.63%
High Relief 14898  3.59%
Reverse Cameo 14618  3.52%
Obverse or Face side 14314  3.44%