Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1031075 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)	55205	13.61%
Silver Clad	32161	7.93%
Coin Silver	24253	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23177	5.72%
BN	22749	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21780	5.37%
RB	21205	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18220	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17952	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17005	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16877	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15934	3.93%
Rarity	15895	3.92%
PQ	15772	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15513	3.83%
Incuse	14829	3.66%
Coin drop	14547	3.59%
High Relief	14442	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	14132	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13856	3.42%