Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 931989 search inquires.

Selected title: Die Variety
Explanation: A variation of a design attributed to a particular die. For example, among United States cents of 1793 over a dozen different dies were used, all hand-cut, and each a different die variety

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54205 14.00%
Silver Clad 31332 8.09%
Coin Silver 23405 6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22235 5.74%
BN 21773 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21038 5.43%
RB 20121 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17428 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17038 4.40%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16142 4.17%
Reeded Edge 16137 4.17%
PQ 14899 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14750 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14748 3.81%
Rarity 14717 3.80%
Incuse 13882 3.58%
High Relief 13637 3.52%
Coin drop 13627 3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13170 3.40%
Obverse or Face side 12906 3.33%