Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1015639 search inquires.

Selected title: Bag Mark
Explanation: A surface mark, usually in the form of a nick, acquired by a coin when it came in contact with others in a mint bag. Bag marks are most common on large and heavy silver and gold coins (also known as contact marks or keg marks)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55070 13.66%
Silver Clad 32049 7.95%
Coin Silver 24136 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23046 5.72%
BN 22625 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21672 5.37%
RB 21059 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18124 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17847 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16888 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16792 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15836 3.93%
Rarity 15723 3.90%
PQ 15660 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15416 3.82%
Incuse 14718 3.65%
Coin drop 14437 3.58%
High Relief 14351 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14005 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13728 3.40%