Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 857890 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

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 52641 14.55%
Silver Clad 30151 8.33%
Coin Silver 22159 6.12%
Slabbed Coins 21030 5.81%
BN 20393 5.64%
Encapsulated Coin 19882 5.49%
RB 18808 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16177 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15685 4.33%
Reeded Edge 14956 4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14901 4.12%
PQ 13730 3.79%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13594 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13559 3.75%
Rarity 13190 3.65%
Incuse 12600 3.48%
High Relief 12489 3.45%
Coin drop 12311 3.40%
Reverse Cameo 11845 3.27%
Obverse or Face side 11745 3.25%