Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1001212 search inquires.

Selected title: Classic Era

Explanation: The term describing the period from 1792 until 1964 when silver and gold coins of the United States were issued. (Gold coins, of course, were not minted after 1933)

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54953	13.71%
Silver Clad	31952	7.97%
Coin Silver	24029	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	22936	5.72%
BN	22507	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21584	5.38%
RB	20921	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18028	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17735	4.42%
Reeded Edge	16784	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16699	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15728	3.92%
Rarity	15567	3.88%
PQ	15559	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15317	3.82%
Incuse	14611	3.64%
Coin drop	14322	3.57%
High Relief	14246	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13890	3.46%
Obverse or Face side	13563	3.38%