Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1085497 search inquires.

Selected title: Numismatics

Explanation: The science, study or collecting of coins, paper money, tokens, medallions, orders and similar objects exchanged for goods and services or manufactured by similar methods

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55742	13.43%
Silver Clad	32663	7.87%
Coin Silver	24734	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	23637	5.69%
BN	23236	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22185	5.35%
RB	21664	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18646	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18591	4.48%
Reeded Edge	17474	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17293	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16520	3.98%
Rarity	16468	3.97%
PQ	16213	3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15933	3.84%
Incuse	15234	3.67%
Coin drop	15055	3.63%
High Relief	14880	3.59%
Reverse Cameo	14602	3.52%
Obverse or Face side	14288	3.44%