Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1016090 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) 55079 13.66%
Silver Clad 32054 7.95%
Coin Silver 24142 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23058 5.72%
BN 22632 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21679 5.37%
RB 21067 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18132 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17854 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16894 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16797 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15841 3.93%
Rarity 15734 3.90%
PQ 15668 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15423 3.82%
Incuse 14726 3.65%
Coin drop 14444 3.58%
High Relief 14355 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14014 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13733 3.40%