Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 993992 search inquires.

Selected title: Duodecimal
Explanation: A coinage or monetary system having twelve minor denominations per major denomination, for example there used to be twelve British pennies to the shilling

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54900 13.73%
Silver Clad 31903 7.98%
Coin Silver 23976 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22885 5.72%
BN 22448 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21542 5.39%
RB 20856 5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17987 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17676 4.42%
Reeded Edge 16739 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16655 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15682 3.92%
PQ 15506 3.88%
Rarity 15506 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15282 3.82%
Incuse 14561 3.64%
Coin drop 14281 3.57%
High Relief 14203 3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13836 3.46%
Obverse or Face side 13514 3.38%