Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1066897 search inquires.

Selected title: Ancient Coin

Explanation: Reference to any coin issued before A.D. 500

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55548	13.50%
Silver Clad	32454	7.89%
Coin Silver	24563	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23448	5.70%
BN	23023	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22026	5.35%
RB	21494	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18496	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18308	4.45%
Reeded Edge	17309	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17134	4.17%
Rarity	16250	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16234	3.95%
PQ	16048	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15778	3.84%
Incuse	15073	3.66%
Coin drop	14873	3.62%
High Relief	14725	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14397	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14138	3.44%