Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 930336 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) 54177 14.00%
Silver Clad 31318 8.09%
Coin Silver 23389 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22223 5.74%
BN 21750 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21021 5.43%
RB 20107 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17408 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17011 4.40%
Reeded Edge 16120 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16109 4.16%
PQ 14880 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14738 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14727 3.81%
Rarity 14698 3.80%
Incuse 13862 3.58%
High Relief 13615 3.52%
Coin drop 13606 3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13133 3.39%
Obverse or Face side 12890 3.33%