Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1001163 search inquires.

Selected title: Classic Era

Explanation: The term describing the period from 1792 until 1964 when silver and gold coins of the United States were issued. (Gold coins, of course, were not minted after 1933)

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54945	13.70%
Silver Clad	31945	7.97%
Coin Silver	24022	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	22927	5.72%
BN	22496	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21578	5.38%
RB	20911	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18023	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17721	4.42%
Reeded Edge	16776	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16692	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15721	3.92%
Rarity	15558	3.88%
PQ	15551	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15312	3.82%
Incuse	14602	3.64%
Coin drop	14317	3.57%
High Relief	14241	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13881	3.46%
Obverse or Face side	13555	3.38%