Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 858063 search inquires.

Selected title: Bullion
Explanation: A term used when referring to items made of precious metal. Particularly silver, gold, and platinum. Often produced in the form of ingots, bars, rounds, and coins. Bullion value of a coin would be the "value of the metal" the coin contains.

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 52644 14.55%
Silver Clad 30151 8.33%
Coin Silver 22160 6.12%
Slabbed Coins 21032 5.81%
BN 20393 5.63%
Encapsulated Coin 19883 5.49%
RB 18808 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16182 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15687 4.33%
Reeded Edge 14958 4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14903 4.12%
PQ 13731 3.79%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13595 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13559 3.75%
Rarity 13192 3.64%
Incuse 12601 3.48%
High Relief 12489 3.45%
Coin drop 12314 3.40%
Reverse Cameo 11846 3.27%
Obverse or Face side 11746 3.25%