Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1021068 search inquires.

Selected title: Parentheses "(1968S)"
Explanation: Parentheses are placed around all or part of a date and/or mintmark if the date of the coin is known, but none or only part of the date actually appears on the coin. May also be used if only part of the date's digits show. For example: An off center coin with 19(72) listed as it's date means a coin is struck off center and the 19 of the date shows but none or only a portion of the 72 appears

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55107 13.64%
Silver Clad 32086 7.94%
Coin Silver 24171 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23096 5.72%
BN 22665 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21702 5.37%
RB 21112 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18153 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17883 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16920 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16819 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15870 3.93%
Rarity 15787 3.91%
PQ 15691 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15450 3.82%
Incuse 14755 3.65%
Coin drop 14476 3.58%
High Relief 14379 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14050 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13764 3.41%