Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 958105 search inquires.

Selected title: Arrows
Explanation: Design element usually found in the left (viewer's right) claw of the eagle seen on many United States coins. After 1807, there usually were three arrows while prior to that time the bundle consisted of numerous ones

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54548  13.87%
Silver Clad 31603  8.03%
Coin Silver 23688  6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22543  5.73%
BN 22088  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21282  5.41%
RB 20471  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17687  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17329  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16434  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16384  4.17%
PQ 15212  3.87%
Rarity 15096  3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15045  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14997  3.81%
Incuse 14209  3.61%
Coin drop 13945  3.55%
High Relief 13899  3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13472  3.42%
Obverse or Face side 13188  3.35%