Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 925157 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)	54106	14.03%
Silver Clad	31257	8.11%
Coin Silver	23328	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22165	5.75%
BN	21676	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20974	5.44%
RB	20042	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17351	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16937	4.39%
Reeded Edge	16069	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16051	4.16%
PQ	14829	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14689	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14671	3.81%
Rarity	14620	3.79%
Incuse	13795	3.58%
High Relief	13559	3.52%
Coin drop	13545	3.51%
Reverse Cameo	13062	3.39%
Obverse or Face side	12834	3.33%