Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1027764 search inquires.

Selected title: SP

Explanation: Specimen: Better than business strike, but not quite a proof

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55176	13.62%
Silver Clad	32138	7.94%
Coin Silver	24221	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23148	5.72%
BN	22724	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21751	5.37%
RB	21177	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18197	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17933	4.43%
Reeded Edge	16977	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16856	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15907	3.93%
Rarity	15847	3.91%
PQ	15738	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15498	3.83%
Incuse	14803	3.66%
Coin drop	14523	3.59%
High Relief	14420	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	14104	3.48%
Obverse or Face side	13827	3.41%