Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1022485 search inquires.

Selected title: Facing

Explanation: The direction a portrait looks towards on a coin. As most are shown in profile, this means it faces left or right. When this direction is not stated, it usually means that the head or figure looks towards the viewer and away from the coin

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55121	13.64%
Silver Clad	32094	7.94%
Coin Silver	24181	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23105	5.72%
BN	22680	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21710	5.37%
RB	21127	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18165	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17892	4.43%
Reeded Edge	16928	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16826	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15880	3.93%
Rarity	15803	3.91%
PQ	15699	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15459	3.82%
Incuse	14762	3.65%
Coin drop	14484	3.58%
High Relief	14385	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	14057	3.48%
Obverse or Face side	13779	3.41%