Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 949771 search inquires.

Selected title: Designer

Explanation: The artist who creates a coin's design. The engraver is the person who cuts a design into a coinage die

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54448	13.91%
Silver Clad	31532	8.05%
Coin Silver	23609	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22466	5.74%
BN	22013	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21228	5.42%
RB	20369	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17623	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17244	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16351	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16320	4.17%
PQ	15116	3.86%
Rarity	14987	3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14951	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14933	3.81%
Incuse	14104	3.60%
Coin drop	13861	3.54%
High Relief	13831	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13397	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13102	3.35%