Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 930403 search inquires.

Selected title: Date

Explanation: The year(s) shown on a coin, usually -but not always- the same as the year it was minted

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54187	14.01%
Silver Clad	31323	8.10%
Coin Silver	23392	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22227	5.74%
BN	21760	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21026	5.43%
RB	20113	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17413	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17017	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16124	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16118	4.17%
PQ	14885	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14741	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14734	3.81%
Rarity	14705	3.80%
Incuse	13869	3.58%
High Relief	13620	3.52%
Coin drop	13611	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13138	3.40%
Obverse or Face side	12893	3.33%