Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1133546 search inquires.

Selected title: Bull Market
Explanation: A period when people are extraordinarily enthusiastic in buying things (coins)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56143 13.21%
Silver Clad 33033 7.77%
Coin Silver 25122 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24051 5.66%
BN 23584 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22532 5.30%
RB 22040 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19024 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18956 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17848 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17648 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17067 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17041 4.01%
Rarity 16931 3.98%
PQ 16576 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16263 3.83%
Incuse 15608 3.67%
Coin drop 15473 3.64%
High Relief 15224 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14982 3.52%