Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 966292 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)	54652	13.84%
Silver Clad	31685	8.02%
Coin Silver	23770	6.02%
Slabbed Coins	22633	5.73%
BN	22181	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21348	5.40%
RB	20562	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17788	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17416	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16511	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16461	4.17%
PQ	15309	3.88%
Rarity	15215	3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15141	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15083	3.82%
Incuse	14310	3.62%
Coin drop	14045	3.56%
High Relief	13984	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13579	3.44%
Obverse or Face side	13298	3.37%