Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 658768 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) 37983 13.23%
Silver Clad 27137 9.45%
Coin Silver 19295 6.72%
BN 17125 5.96%
Encapsulated Coin 16543 5.76%
Slabbed Coins 16271 5.67%
RB 15708 5.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 12874 4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70) 12511 4.36%
Reeded Edge 12271 4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 12004 4.18%
PQ 10750 3.74%
MS (MS60-MS70) 10696 3.72%
PR (PR60, PR70) 10549 3.67%
High Relief 9917 3.45%
Incuse 9870 3.44%
Coin drop 9194 3.20%
Obverse or Face side 9150 3.19%
Rarity 9035 3.15%
Reverse Cameo 8248 2.87%