Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1136401 search inquires.

Selected title: Bag Mark
Explanation: A surface mark, usually in the form of a nick, acquired by a coin when it came in contact with others in a mint bag. Bag marks are most common on large and heavy silver and gold coins (also known as contact marks or keg marks)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56178 13.20%
Silver Clad 33060 7.77%
Coin Silver 25144 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24072 5.66%
BN 23605 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22550 5.30%
RB 22065 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19054 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18976 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17874 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17669 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17087 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17071 4.01%
Rarity 16963 3.99%
PQ 16600 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16286 3.83%
Incuse 15635 3.67%
Coin drop 15499 3.64%
High Relief 15250 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15003 3.52%