Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 636150 search inquires.

Selected title: Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)
Explanation: High grade proof

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 37404 13.37%
Silver Clad 26757 9.56%
Coin Silver 18931 6.77%
BN 16795 6.00%
Encapsulated Coin 16206 5.79%
Slabbed Coins 15826 5.66%
RB 15367 5.49%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 12524 4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70) 12148 4.34%
Reeded Edge 11947 4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 11645 4.16%
PQ 10422 3.73%
MS (MS60-MS70) 10326 3.69%
PR (PR60, PR70) 10216 3.65%
High Relief 9606 3.43%
Incuse 9523 3.40%
Coin drop 8863 3.17%
Obverse or Face side 8830 3.16%
Rarity 8502 3.04%
Reverse Cameo 7882 2.82%