Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 947708 search inquires.

Selected title: Manilla

Explanation: An ingot of metal often copper formed into an armband and used as money, mainly in parts of west Africa

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54419	13.92%
Silver Clad	31499	8.05%
Coin Silver	23584	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22438	5.74%
BN	21980	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21202	5.42%
RB	20335	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17594	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17219	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16324	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16291	4.17%
PQ	15090	3.86%
Rarity	14945	3.82%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14917	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14907	3.81%
Incuse	14074	3.60%
Coin drop	13831	3.54%
High Relief	13800	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13358	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13072	3.34%