Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 875300 search inquires.

Selected title: Clashed dies
Explanation: Dies that have been damaged by striking each other without a planchet between them. Typically, this imparts part of the obverse image to the reverse die and vice versa

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 53115  14.45%
Silver Clad 30436  8.28%
Coin Silver 22418  6.10%
Slabbed Coins 21285  5.79%
BN 20668  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20143  5.48%
RB 19087  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16501  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15982  4.35%
Reeded Edge 15222  4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15164  4.13%
PQ 13973  3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13858  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13814  3.76%
Rarity 13514  3.68%
Incuse 12848  3.50%
High Relief 12728  3.46%
Coin drop 12655  3.44%
Reverse Cameo 12111  3.30%
Obverse or Face side 12008  3.27%