Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1078491 search inquires.

Selected title: High Relief

Explanation: A coin with deep concave fields due to highly raised designs. High relief coins require extra pressure to be fully struck and are difficult to stack

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55663	13.46%
Silver Clad	32547	7.87%
Coin Silver	24665	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	23555	5.70%
BN	23132	5.59%
Encapsulated Coin	22119	5.35%
RB	21596	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18589	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18504	4.47%
Reeded Edge	17405	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17232	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16450	3.98%
Rarity	16375	3.96%
PQ	16146	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15870	3.84%
Incuse	15169	3.67%
Coin drop	14976	3.62%
High Relief	14815	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14511	3.51%
Obverse or Face side	14230	3.44%