Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 921784 search inquires.

Selected title: Spade

Explanation: Referring to the shape of a shield occuring in the design of a coin. British 'spade', sometimes 'spade ace' guineas are so called for this reason

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54062	14.05%
Silver Clad	31213	8.11%
Coin Silver	23282	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22121	5.75%
BN	21626	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20934	5.44%
RB	19998	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17302	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16896	4.39%
Reeded Edge	16020	4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16001	4.16%
PQ	14783	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14649	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14631	3.80%
Rarity	14571	3.79%
Incuse	13750	3.57%
High Relief	13512	3.51%
Coin drop	13499	3.51%
Reverse Cameo	13007	3.38%
Obverse or Face side	12791	3.33%