Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1040450 search inquires.

Selected title: Bar

Explanation: A non-numismatic form of precious metal bullion, usually an 'ingot' shaped as a rectangle. Gold and silver bars vary in size from 1 gram up to thousands of ounces

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55295	13.58%
Silver Clad	32236	7.92%
Coin Silver	24329	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23258	5.71%
BN	22821	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21841	5.37%
RB	21284	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18303	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18013	4.42%
Reeded Edge	17072	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16937	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16008	3.93%
Rarity	15995	3.93%
PQ	15834	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15585	3.83%
Incuse	14896	3.66%
Coin drop	14631	3.59%
High Relief	14520	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14197	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13936	3.42%