Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1149583 search inquires.

Selected title: Precious metal

Explanation: Metals of value, typically gold, silver, platinum. However, can include palladium and rhodium

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	56307	13.16%
Silver Clad	33173	7.75%
Coin Silver	25273	5.90%
Slabbed Coins	24195	5.65%
BN	23724	5.54%
Encapsulated Coin	22674	5.30%
RB	22188	5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70)	19167	4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	19069	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17997	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17776	4.15%
PR (PR60, PR70)	17202	4.02%
Obverse or Face side	17187	4.02%
Rarity	17101	4.00%
PQ	16713	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16377	3.83%
Incuse	15757	3.68%
Coin drop	15644	3.65%
High Relief	15370	3.59%
Reverse Cameo	15133	3.54%