Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 928611 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)	54162	14.01%
Silver Clad	31308	8.10%
Coin Silver	23374	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22213	5.75%
BN	21735	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21012	5.44%
RB	20095	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17396	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16999	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16107	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16095	4.16%
PQ	14867	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14730	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14714	3.81%
Rarity	14682	3.80%
Incuse	13849	3.58%
High Relief	13606	3.52%
Coin drop	13591	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13119	3.39%
Obverse or Face side	12879	3.33%