Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1040417 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)	55295	13.58%
Silver Clad	32236	7.92%
Coin Silver	24329	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23258	5.71%
BN	22821	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21841	5.37%
RB	21284	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18303	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18013	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17072	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16937	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16008	3.93%
Rarity	15995	3.93%
PQ	15834	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15585	3.83%
Incuse	14896	3.66%
Coin drop	14631	3.59%
High Relief	14520	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14197	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13936	3.42%