Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1052968 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

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55427 13.55%
Silver Clad 32339 7.91%
Coin Silver 24437 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23345 5.71%
BN 22922 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 21928 5.36%
RB 21371 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18399 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18111 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17186 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17017 4.16%
Rarity 16138 3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16111 3.94%
PQ 15933 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15676 3.83%
Incuse 14976 3.66%
Coin drop 14742 3.60%
High Relief 14603 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14285 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 14027 3.43%