Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1109931 search inquires.

Selected title: Colonial

Explanation: A coin issued by any colony; frequently refers to those produced by European colonies in the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most were made of copper and in small denominations

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55959	13.28%
Silver Clad	32862	7.80%
Coin Silver	24911	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23847	5.66%
BN	23414	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22358	5.30%
RB	21861	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18840	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18814	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17670	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17475	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	16935	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16806	3.99%
Rarity	16704	3.96%
PQ	16403	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16101	3.82%
Incuse	15432	3.66%
Coin drop	15263	3.62%
High Relief	15056	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14793	3.51%