Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1002519 search inquires.

Selected title: Fleur de Coin
Explanation: A perfect or virtually perfect coin. Fully struck up. No Contact- or other Detracting Marks visible with the naked eye, and only minute superficial imperfections, relating to the manufacturing process rather than any other cause, may be visible under magnification. Fully Lustre or Mint Bloom is present. It is a completely flawless mint state coin with nothing forgiven

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54958  13.70%
Silver Clad 31962  7.97%
Coin Silver 24035  5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22944  5.72%
BN 22515  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21589  5.38%
RB 20930  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18037  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17744  4.42%
Reeded Edge 16793  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16702  4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15739  3.92%
Rarity 15576  3.88%
PQ 15568  3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15325  3.82%
Incuse 14615  3.64%
Coin drop 14330  3.57%
High Relief 14255  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13897  3.46%
Obverse or Face side 13575  3.38%