Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 894195 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) 53545  14.29%
Silver Clad 30768  8.21%
Coin Silver 22804  6.08%
Slabbed Coins 21637  5.77%
BN 21070  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20464  5.46%
RB 19469  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16828  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16391  4.37%
Reeded Edge 15558  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15514  4.14%
PQ 14327  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14171  3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14141  3.77%
Rarity 13962  3.73%
Incuse 13233  3.53%
High Relief 13047  3.48%
Coin drop 13037  3.48%
Reverse Cameo 12487  3.33%
Obverse or Face side 12335  3.29%