Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1138538 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) 56191 13.19%
Silver Clad 33077 7.76%
Coin Silver 25168 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24089 5.65%
BN 23624 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22572 5.30%
RB 22085 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19068 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18993 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17894 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17685 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17105 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17096 4.01%
Rarity 16989 3.99%
PQ 16621 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16299 3.83%
Incuse 15652 3.67%
Coin drop 15520 3.64%
High Relief 15267 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15026 3.53%