Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 952360 search inquires.

Selected title: Basal State
Explanation: The condition of a coin that is identifiable only as to date mint mark (if present), and type; one-year-type coins may not have a date visible

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54483 13.90%
Silver Clad 31559 8.05%
Coin Silver 23638 6.03%
Slabbed Coins 22493 5.74%
BN 22042 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21250 5.42%
RB 20405 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17639 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17273 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16375 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16341 4.17%
PQ 15160 3.87%
Rarity 15025 3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14982 3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14955 3.81%
Incuse 14149 3.61%
Coin drop 13898 3.54%
High Relief 13852 3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13423 3.42%
Obverse or Face side 13128 3.35%