Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 906225 search inquires.

Selected title: Civil War Token
Explanation: Unofficial pieces made to approximate size of current U.S. cents and pressed into circulation during the Civil War because of a scarcity of small change

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 53778 14.18%
Silver Clad 30974 8.16%
Coin Silver 23024 6.07%
Slabbed Coins 21864 5.76%
BN 21327 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20669 5.45%
RB 19718 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17043 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16631 4.38%
Reeded Edge 15771 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15751 4.15%
PQ 14527 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14397 3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14358 3.78%
Rarity 14256 3.76%
Incuse 13465 3.55%
Coin drop 13253 3.49%
High Relief 13250 3.49%
Reverse Cameo 12722 3.35%
Obverse or Face side 12545 3.31%