Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1034240 search inquires.

Selected title: Die Number

Explanation: Usually a small mark in the form of a number on a die, and therefore any coins struck from it, to show which die produced the coin. Probably used in experiments to determine the best form of treatment in the production of dies. Dies are expensive to produce, but can frequently break or wear causing delays and extra cost in production of coins

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55237	13.60%
Silver Clad	32189	7.93%
Coin Silver	24278	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23197	5.71%
BN	22774	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21800	5.37%
RB	21236	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18239	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17970	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17029	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16900	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15955	3.93%
Rarity	15919	3.92%
PQ	15797	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15536	3.83%
Incuse	14847	3.66%
Coin drop	14574	3.59%
High Relief	14470	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	14151	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13877	3.42%