Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 858439 search inquires.

Selected title: NC
Explanation: Not Collectable: A unique or nearly unique coin. Usually one of Sheldon's die varieties of Large Cents. At the time of Sheldon's 'Penny Whimsey' (1958), for a coin to be NC, there had to be less than 3 specimens known

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 52664 14.54%
Silver Clad 30161 8.33%
Coin Silver 22171 6.12%
Slabbed Coins 21041 5.81%
BN 20405 5.63%
Encapsulated Coin 19895 5.49%
RB 18822 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16195 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15696 4.33%
Reeded Edge 14970 4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14914 4.12%
PQ 13743 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13605 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13571 3.75%
Rarity 13206 3.65%
Incuse 12613 3.48%
High Relief 12500 3.45%
Coin drop 12331 3.41%
Reverse Cameo 11857 3.27%
Obverse or Face side 11757 3.25%