Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1138840 search inquires.

Selected title: GD
Explanation: Golden Dollar: US Sacagawea dollar coin, 2000-date

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56192 13.19%
Silver Clad 33077 7.76%
Coin Silver 25171 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24091 5.65%
BN 23628 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22574 5.30%
RB 22086 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19068 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18993 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17896 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17688 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17107 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17099 4.01%
Rarity 16991 3.99%
PQ 16621 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16299 3.83%
Incuse 15653 3.67%
Coin drop 15522 3.64%
High Relief 15269 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15027 3.53%