Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 952539 search inquires.

Selected title: Clashed dies
Explanation: Dies that have been damaged by striking each other without a planchet between them. Typically, this imparts part of the obverse image to the reverse die and vice versa

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54485  13.89%
Silver Clad 31560  8.05%
Coin Silver 23642  6.03%
Slabbed Coins 22496  5.74%
BN 22043  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21252  5.42%
RB 20409  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17642  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17274  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16380  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16342  4.17%
PQ 15162  3.87%
Rarity 15030  3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14984  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14957  3.81%
Incuse 14153  3.61%
Coin drop 13904  3.55%
High Relief 13853  3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13427  3.42%
Obverse or Face side 13130  3.35%