Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1155369 search inquires.

Selected title: Field

Explanation: Flat, undetailed part of the surface of a coin between the raised designs, including the date. Quantity of the field is very important to numismatists as an aid to grading coins

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	56389	13.13%
Silver Clad	33248	7.74%
Coin Silver	25338	5.90%
Slabbed Coins	24257	5.65%
BN	23787	5.54%
Encapsulated Coin	22730	5.29%
RB	22250	5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70)	19248	4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	19125	4.45%
Reeded Edge	18060	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17842	4.15%
PR (PR60, PR70)	17277	4.02%
Obverse or Face side	17257	4.02%
Rarity	17178	4.00%
PQ	16780	3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16431	3.83%
Incuse	15819	3.68%
Coin drop	15712	3.66%
High Relief	15433	3.59%
Reverse Cameo	15206	3.54%