Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1138230 search inquires.

Selected title: Filler
Explanation: A coin used to 'fill in' the place in a collection until a better grade coin can be found or purchased to take its place. Often a low grade or damaged coin may be used as a filler until a nice one can be found

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56191 13.19%
Silver Clad 33076 7.76%
Coin Silver 25166 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24087 5.65%
BN 23622 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22570 5.30%
RB 22081 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19068 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18993 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17892 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17685 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17104 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17095 4.01%
Rarity 16982 3.99%
PQ 16620 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16299 3.83%
Incuse 15651 3.67%
Coin drop 15519 3.64%
High Relief 15267 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15022 3.53%