Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 860276 search inquires.

Selected title: Legal Tender
Explanation: Money that may be legally offered in payment of an obligation and that a creditor must accept. The legal tender value of a coin is the value placed on it by the government and it may be different than the intrinsic value (bullion value) or collector value

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 52724 14.53%
Silver Clad 30198 8.32%
Coin Silver 22202 6.12%
Slabbed Coins 21069 5.81%
BN 20432 5.63%
Encapsulated Coin 19931 5.49%
RB 18853 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16234 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15731 4.34%
Reeded Edge 15000 4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14956 4.12%
PQ 13772 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13649 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13606 3.75%
Rarity 13242 3.65%
Incuse 12645 3.48%
High Relief 12534 3.45%
Coin drop 12368 3.41%
Reverse Cameo 11888 3.28%
Obverse or Face side 11785 3.25%