Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1003438 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)	54965	13.70%
Silver Clad	31965	7.97%
Coin Silver	24041	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	22947	5.72%
BN	22523	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21593	5.38%
RB	20934	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18041	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17749	4.42%
Reeded Edge	16795	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16704	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15743	3.92%
Rarity	15588	3.88%
PQ	15573	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15327	3.82%
Incuse	14618	3.64%
Coin drop	14336	3.57%
High Relief	14256	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13901	3.46%
Obverse or Face side	13580	3.38%