Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 979753 search inquires.

Selected title: E-gold
Explanation: E-gold is gold itself, circulated electronically... it's the ultimate worldwide free market currency. You can use it to make purchases, save it, or sell it. It's a way of converting some of your "paper money" into gold, silver, or platinum...... and still be able to use it as you need to

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54781  13.79%
Silver Clad 31789  8.00%
Coin Silver 23871  6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22766  5.73%
BN 22317  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21445  5.40%
RB 20702  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17873  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17540  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16620  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16558  4.17%
PQ 15409  3.88%
Rarity 15360  3.87%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15261  3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15190  3.82%
Incuse 14432  3.63%
Coin drop 14156  3.56%
High Relief 14089  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13694  3.45%
Obverse or Face side 13399  3.37%