Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1131826 search inquires.

Selected title: Bar
Explanation: A non-numismatic form of precious metal bullion, usually an 'ingot' shaped as a rectangle. Gold and silver bars vary in size from 1 gram up to thousands of ounces

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56136 13.21%
Silver Clad 33023 7.77%
Coin Silver 25109 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24031 5.66%
BN 23574 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22520 5.30%
RB 22028 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19007 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18951 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17837 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17639 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17059 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17024 4.01%
Rarity 16914 3.98%
PQ 16562 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16255 3.83%
Incuse 15598 3.67%
Coin drop 15462 3.64%
High Relief 15216 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14967 3.52%