Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 887239 search inquires.

Selected title: Fair / Poor
Explanation: A coin in either Fair or Poor condition is basically just a slick round piece of metal with a faint outline of some shape which might be a nose, ear, or maybe just a ding in the metal.

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 53408 14.33%
Silver Clad 30674 8.23%
Coin Silver 22688 6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21537 5.78%
BN 20947 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20376 5.47%
RB 19338 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16720 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16273 4.37%
Reeded Edge 15478 4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15415 4.14%
PQ 14217 3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14082 3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14047 3.77%
Rarity 13810 3.71%
Incuse 13119 3.52%
High Relief 12957 3.48%
Coin drop 12940 3.47%
Reverse Cameo 12384 3.32%
Obverse or Face side 12249 3.29%