Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 669031 search inquires.

Selected title: Bullion Coin
Explanation: Coin with little numismatic value, sold for its precious metal content and traded at the current bullion price

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 38159 13.15%
Silver Clad 27266 9.39%
Coin Silver 19454 6.70%
BN 17264 5.95%
Encapsulated Coin 16675 5.74%
Slabbed Coins 16588 5.71%
RB 15897 5.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 12982 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 12702 4.38%
Reeded Edge 12413 4.28%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 12124 4.18%
PQ 10871 3.75%
MS (MS60-MS70) 10826 3.73%
PR (PR60, PR70) 10697 3.69%
High Relief 10021 3.45%
Incuse 10000 3.45%
Coin drop 9364 3.23%
Obverse or Face side 9294 3.20%
Rarity 9269 3.19%
Reverse Cameo 8395 2.89%