Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1113486 search inquires.

Selected title: Proof Set

Explanation: A specially packaged group of coins containing at least one of most or all of the denominations of proof coins struck by a nation in a particular year

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55984	13.27%
Silver Clad	32889	7.79%
Coin Silver	24942	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23885	5.66%
BN	23439	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22382	5.30%
RB	21886	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18865	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18831	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17690	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17500	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	16949	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16837	3.99%
Rarity	16738	3.97%
PQ	16428	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16123	3.82%
Incuse	15455	3.66%
Coin drop	15285	3.62%
High Relief	15076	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14814	3.51%