Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 960801 search inquires.

Selected title: Electrum

Explanation: A naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, used in the very earliest Greek coins. It's name comes from the Greek word elektron meaning amber, because of its pale yellow colour

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54589	13.85%
Silver Clad	31630	8.03%
Coin Silver	23717	6.02%
Slabbed Coins	22577	5.73%
BN	22114	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21306	5.41%
RB	20497	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17733	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17363	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16462	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16411	4.17%
PQ	15247	3.87%
Rarity	15144	3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15092	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15028	3.81%
Incuse	14242	3.61%
Coin drop	13991	3.55%
High Relief	13931	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13503	3.43%
Obverse or Face side	13229	3.36%