Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1035447 search inquires.

Selected title: Type Set
Explanation: A collection of coins of various designs; rather than try to complete the series, the goal of the type collector is to obtain at least one example of several different types

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55253 13.60%
Silver Clad 32200 7.93%
Coin Silver 24288 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23206 5.71%
BN 22781 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21808 5.37%
RB 21245 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18252 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17982 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17037 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16905 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15971 3.93%
Rarity 15941 3.92%
PQ 15806 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15547 3.83%
Incuse 14858 3.66%
Coin drop 14582 3.59%
High Relief 14481 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14159 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13892 3.42%