Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 980366 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

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54794  13.78%
Silver Clad 31802  8.00%
Coin Silver 23883  6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22777  5.73%
BN 22326  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21453  5.40%
RB 20716  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17887  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17553  4.42%
Reeded Edge 16632  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16570  4.17%
PQ 15416  3.88%
Rarity 15374  3.87%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15275  3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15201  3.82%
Incuse 14445  3.63%
Coin drop 14172  3.56%
High Relief 14102  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13706  3.45%
Obverse or Face side 13412  3.37%