Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1127409 search inquires.

Selected title: Commemorative

Explanation: Coin issued by the government to celebrate and honour an outstanding person, place, or event in history. These coins are extremely popular with collectors

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	56097	13.22%
Silver Clad	32987	7.78%
Coin Silver	25072	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23994	5.66%
BN	23542	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22490	5.30%
RB	21997	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18973	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18925	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17808	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17611	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	17028	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16988	4.00%
Rarity	16862	3.97%
PQ	16531	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16227	3.83%
Incuse	15563	3.67%
Coin drop	15413	3.63%
High Relief	15182	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14930	3.52%