Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 993937 search inquires.

Random title: Duodecimal
Explanation: A coinage or monetary system having twelve minor denominations per major denomination, for example there used to be twelve British pennies to the shilling

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54895 13.73%
Silver Clad 31900 7.98%
Coin Silver 23972 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22880 5.72%
BN 22445 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21537 5.39%
RB 20850 5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17984 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17671 4.42%
Reeded Edge 16736 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16652 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15678 3.92%
Rarity 15502 3.88%
PQ 15500 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15280 3.82%
Incuse 14558 3.64%
Coin drop 14277 3.57%
High Relief 14197 3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13835 3.46%
Obverse or Face side 13509 3.38%