Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1015715 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)

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55073 13.66%
Silver Clad 32050 7.95%
Coin Silver 24137 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23051 5.72%
BN 22626 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21674 5.37%
RB 21062 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18126 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17847 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16890 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16793 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15836 3.93%
Rarity 15725 3.90%
PQ 15661 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15417 3.82%
Incuse 14719 3.65%
Coin drop 14438 3.58%
High Relief 14351 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14007 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13729 3.40%