Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1132633 search inquires.

Selected title: Branch Mint
Explanation: One of the various subsidiary government facilities that struck, or still strikes, coin; Any US Mint other than Philadelphia

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56137 13.21%
Silver Clad 33028 7.77%
Coin Silver 25117 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24043 5.66%
BN 23580 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22526 5.30%
RB 22033 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19013 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18953 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17842 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17645 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17061 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17030 4.01%
Rarity 16922 3.98%
PQ 16569 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16261 3.83%
Incuse 15600 3.67%
Coin drop 15467 3.64%
High Relief 15219 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14972 3.52%