Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 933466 search inquires.

Selected title: Bear market

Explanation: A period when people are selling things off - when the outlook seems grim and there isn't much hope in the horizon. Prices go down on a regular basis

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54230	13.99%
Silver Clad	31348	8.09%
Coin Silver	23421	6.04%
Slabbed Coins	22252	5.74%
BN	21796	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21057	5.43%
RB	20141	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17449	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17055	4.40%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16161	4.17%
Reeded Edge	16158	4.17%
PQ	14921	3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14768	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14764	3.81%
Rarity	14750	3.81%
Incuse	13901	3.59%
High Relief	13651	3.52%
Coin drop	13648	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13187	3.40%
Obverse or Face side	12921	3.33%