Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 994725 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

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54906	13.72%
Silver Clad	31908	7.98%
Coin Silver	23979	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	22892	5.72%
BN	22454	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21546	5.39%
RB	20866	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17988	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17681	4.42%
Reeded Edge	16745	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16661	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15691	3.92%
PQ	15513	3.88%
Rarity	15513	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15284	3.82%
Incuse	14565	3.64%
Coin drop	14284	3.57%
High Relief	14204	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13845	3.46%
Obverse or Face side	13518	3.38%