Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 887065 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'

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	53405	14.33%
Silver Clad	30670	8.23%
Coin Silver	22682	6.09%
Slabbed Coins	21534	5.78%
BN	20945	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20375	5.47%
RB	19333	5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16717	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16267	4.37%
Reeded Edge	15475	4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15413	4.14%
PQ	14215	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14081	3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14045	3.77%
Rarity	13806	3.71%
Incuse	13114	3.52%
High Relief	12954	3.48%
Coin drop	12937	3.47%
Reverse Cameo	12382	3.32%
Obverse or Face side	12247	3.29%