Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1082612 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)	55700	13.44%
Silver Clad	32626	7.87%
Coin Silver	24708	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	23601	5.69%
BN	23204	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22159	5.35%
RB	21633	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18623	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18564	4.48%
Reeded Edge	17443	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17270	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16485	3.98%
Rarity	16422	3.96%
PQ	16188	3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15906	3.84%
Incuse	15209	3.67%
Coin drop	15018	3.62%
High Relief	14850	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14566	3.51%
Obverse or Face side	14261	3.44%