Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1127868 search inquires.

Selected title: Contemporary counterfeit
Explanation: A coin, usually base metal, struck from crudely engraved dies and made to pass for face value at the time of its creation. Sometimes such counterfeits are collected along with the genuine coins, especially in the case of American Colonial issues

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56099  13.22%
Silver Clad 32991  7.78%
Coin Silver 25075  5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23996  5.66%
BN 23544  5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22491  5.30%
RB 21999  5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18975  4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18927  4.46%
Reeded Edge 17809  4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17613  4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17030  4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16989  4.00%
Rarity 16862  3.97%
PQ 16535  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16231  3.83%
Incuse 15570  3.67%
Coin drop 15416  3.63%
High Relief 15184  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14935  3.52%