Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1029943 search inquires.

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Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55192 13.62%
Silver Clad 32154 7.93%
Coin Silver 24240 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23167 5.72%
BN 22740 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21770 5.37%
RB 21196 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18216 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17942 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16994 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16870 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15924 3.93%
Rarity 15873 3.92%
PQ 15764 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15511 3.83%
Incuse 14816 3.66%
Coin drop 14537 3.59%
High Relief 14435 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14121 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13846 3.42%