Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 888388 search inquires.

Selected title: Reverse Cameo
Explanation: A coin where the background is frosted looking and the design has a polished mirror like look to it. Some Australia lunar 'Year of the Horse' and other lunar year animal gold /silver coins have this reverse cameo appearance

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 53437  14.32%
Silver Clad 30690  8.23%
Coin Silver 22716  6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21559  5.78%
BN 20964  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20395  5.47%
RB 19369  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16743  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16307  4.37%
Reeded Edge 15491  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15437  4.14%
PQ 14239  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14098  3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14065  3.77%
Rarity 13831  3.71%
Incuse 13142  3.52%
High Relief 12975  3.48%
Coin drop 12959  3.47%
Reverse Cameo 12397  3.32%
Obverse or Face side 12264  3.29%