Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1120838 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)	56049	13.24%
Silver Clad	32944	7.78%
Coin Silver	25007	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23938	5.66%
BN	23493	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22443	5.30%
RB	21945	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18923	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18881	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17760	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17559	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	16994	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16917	4.00%
Rarity	16805	3.97%
PQ	16481	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16169	3.82%
Incuse	15513	3.67%
Coin drop	15352	3.63%
High Relief	15137	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14870	3.51%