Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 935830 search inquires.

Selected title: FE
Explanation: Flying Eagle (cent): US cent coin, 1856-1858

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54261  13.98%
Silver Clad 31371  8.08%
Coin Silver 23451  6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22281  5.74%
BN 21822  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21085  5.43%
RB 20176  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17478  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17083  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16185  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16182  4.17%
PQ 14952  3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14792  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14791  3.81%
Rarity 14780  3.81%
Incuse 13922  3.59%
High Relief 13677  3.52%
Coin drop 13673  3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13216  3.40%
Obverse or Face side 12951  3.34%