Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1147260 search inquires.

Selected title: Circulation

Explanation: Coins used in commerce to purchase items by the populace are in circulation

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	56275	13.16%
Silver Clad	33156	7.76%
Coin Silver	25251	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	24164	5.65%
BN	23696	5.54%
Encapsulated Coin	22648	5.30%
RB	22170	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	19141	4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	19047	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17967	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17756	4.15%
PR (PR60, PR70)	17175	4.02%
Obverse or Face side	17166	4.02%
Rarity	17078	3.99%
PQ	16689	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16355	3.83%
Incuse	15731	3.68%
Coin drop	15619	3.65%
High Relief	15345	3.59%
Reverse Cameo	15106	3.53%