Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 871908 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)	53049	14.48%
Silver Clad	30376	8.29%
Coin Silver	22367	6.11%
Slabbed Coins	21228	5.79%
BN	20603	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20093	5.48%
RB	19033	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16445	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	15906	4.34%
Reeded Edge	15169	4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15120	4.13%
PQ	13926	3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70)	13807	3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70)	13761	3.76%
Rarity	13418	3.66%
Incuse	12783	3.49%
High Relief	12677	3.46%
Coin drop	12587	3.44%
Reverse Cameo	12044	3.29%
Obverse or Face side	11935	3.26%