Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1127368 search inquires.

Selected title: Commemorative

Explanation: Coin issued by the government to celebrate and honour an outstanding person, place, or event in history. These coins are extremely popular with collectors

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	56094	13.22%
Silver Clad	32985	7.78%
Coin Silver	25070	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23989	5.65%
BN	23539	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22488	5.30%
RB	21994	5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18971	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18923	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17805	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17609	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	17026	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16986	4.00%
Rarity	16859	3.97%
PQ	16529	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16224	3.82%
Incuse	15561	3.67%
Coin drop	15408	3.63%
High Relief	15180	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14927	3.52%