Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1010985 search inquires.

Selected title: Attribute
Explanation: n. A characteristic of a coin; v. To identify a coin by determining the country of origin, denomination, series, date, mintmark and (if applicable) variety

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55038 13.67%
Silver Clad 32018 7.95%
Coin Silver 24110 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23010 5.72%
BN 22599 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21648 5.38%
RB 21013 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18107 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17816 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16860 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16766 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15812 3.93%
Rarity 15666 3.89%
PQ 15630 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15392 3.82%
Incuse 14688 3.65%
Coin drop 14410 3.58%
High Relief 14324 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 13979 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13656 3.39%