Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1034062 search inquires.

Selected title: NGC

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Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55237	13.61%
Silver Clad	32189	7.93%
Coin Silver	24278	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23197	5.71%
BN	22774	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21800	5.37%
RB	21236	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18239	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17970	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17029	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16900	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15955	3.93%
Rarity	15919	3.92%
PQ	15797	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15536	3.83%
Incuse	14847	3.66%
Coin drop	14574	3.59%
High Relief	14470	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	14151	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13877	3.42%