Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1085416 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) 55741  13.43%
Silver Clad 32661  7.87%
Coin Silver 24733  5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23636  5.69%
BN 23236  5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22183  5.34%
RB 21661  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18645  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18590  4.48%
Reeded Edge 17473  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17291  4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16519  3.98%
Rarity 16465  3.97%
PQ 16212  3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15930  3.84%
Incuse 15230  3.67%
Coin drop 15053  3.63%
High Relief 14878  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14601  3.52%
Obverse or Face side 14284  3.44%