Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1101510 search inquires.

Selected title: Gouges

Explanation: Heavy marks on a coin where the metal was gouged out from coming in contact with something. Typically worse than 'contact marks' or 'bag marks'

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55884	13.30%
Silver Clad	32789	7.81%
Coin Silver	24844	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23768	5.66%
BN	23349	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22291	5.31%
RB	21797	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18770	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18759	4.47%
Reeded Edge	17596	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17405	4.14%
Obverse or Face side	16867	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16706	3.98%
Rarity	16623	3.96%
PQ	16344	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16036	3.82%
Incuse	15358	3.66%
Coin drop	15181	3.61%
High Relief	14994	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14731	3.51%