Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1047286 search inquires.

Selected title: Duodecimal

Explanation: A coinage or monetary system having twelve minor denominations per major denomination, for example there used to be twelve British pennies to the shilling

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55373	13.56%
Silver Clad	32302	7.91%
Coin Silver	24386	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23311	5.71%
BN	22886	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21891	5.36%
RB	21339	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18364	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18071	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17143	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16990	4.16%
Rarity	16086	3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16064	3.94%
PQ	15891	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15642	3.83%
Incuse	14947	3.66%
Coin drop	14694	3.60%
High Relief	14564	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14251	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13991	3.43%