Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1078493 search inquires.

Selected title: Medium of Exchange
Explanation: Something accepted by people as having a certain value that is used to exchange or trade. Often coins and paper money are used as mediums of exchange, but it can be anything

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55663  13.46%
Silver Clad 32547  7.87%
Coin Silver 24665  5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23555  5.70%
BN 23132  5.59%
Encapsulated Coin 22119  5.35%
RB 21596  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18589  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18504  4.47%
Reeded Edge 17405  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17232  4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16450  3.98%
Rarity 16375  3.96%
PQ 16146  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15870  3.84%
Incuse 15169  3.67%
Coin drop 14976  3.62%
High Relief 14815  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14511  3.51%
Obverse or Face side 14230  3.44%