Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 994536 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) 54903  13.73%
Silver Clad 31905  7.98%
Coin Silver 23978  5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22889  5.72%
BN 22451  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21542  5.39%
RB 20861  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17988  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17680  4.42%
Reeded Edge 16743  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16656  4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15690  3.92%
Rarity 15511  3.88%
PQ 15509  3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15282  3.82%
Incuse 14564  3.64%
Coin drop 14281  3.57%
High Relief 14203  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13844  3.46%
Obverse or Face side 13516  3.38%