Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1009717 search inquires.

Selected title: Annealing

Explanation: The process of heating coin blanks (planchlets) in a furnace to soften the metal prior to striking coins out of them

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55020	13.68%
Silver Clad	32007	7.96%
Coin Silver	24096	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	22997	5.72%
BN	22581	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21639	5.38%
RB	21002	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18095	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17802	4.42%
Reeded Edge	16849	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16752	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15798	3.93%
Rarity	15650	3.89%
PQ	15621	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15379	3.82%
Incuse	14673	3.65%
Coin drop	14397	3.58%
High Relief	14313	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	13965	3.47%
Obverse or Face side	13647	3.39%