Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 954838 search inquires.

Selected title: Fractional Currency
Explanation: Paper money with a face value of less than one dollar, issued for regular circulation by the United States during and after the Civil War. Specific issues dates range from 1862 to 1875

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54506 13.88%
Silver Clad 31577 8.04%
Coin Silver 23655 6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22514 5.73%
BN 22058 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21265 5.42%
RB 20431 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17660 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17291 4.40%
Reeded Edge 16402 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16358 4.17%
PQ 15182 3.87%
Rarity 15051 3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15007 3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14971 3.81%
Incuse 14171 3.61%
Coin drop 13919 3.54%
High Relief 13874 3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13445 3.42%
Obverse or Face side 13154 3.35%