Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 859175 search inquires.

Selected title: Relief
Explanation: Any part of a coin design that is raised above the coin's surface is said to be in relief. It also represents the distance between the higher and the lowest place of the design of a coin (the opposite of relief is incuse)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 52687 14.53%
Silver Clad 30177 8.32%
Coin Silver 22182 6.12%
Slabbed Coins 21054 5.81%
BN 20413 5.63%
Encapsulated Coin 19907 5.49%
RB 18831 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16208 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15708 4.33%
Reeded Edge 14979 4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14927 4.12%
PQ 13750 3.79%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13624 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13585 3.75%
Rarity 13217 3.65%
Incuse 12624 3.48%
High Relief 12511 3.45%
Coin drop 12342 3.40%
Reverse Cameo 11867 3.27%
Obverse or Face side 11768 3.25%