Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1030891 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) 55196 13.61%
Silver Clad 32154 7.93%
Coin Silver 24243 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23168 5.71%
BN 22740 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21771 5.37%
RB 21197 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18216 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17944 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16998 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16870 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15925 3.93%
Rarity 15877 3.92%
PQ 15767 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15511 3.83%
Incuse 14822 3.66%
Coin drop 14539 3.59%
High Relief 14438 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14126 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13848 3.42%