Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1100749 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55881	13.30%
Silver Clad	32785	7.81%
Coin Silver	24842	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23766	5.66%
BN	23345	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22287	5.31%
RB	21792	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18766	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18758	4.47%
Reeded Edge	17589	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17399	4.14%
Obverse or Face side	16861	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16699	3.98%
Rarity	16619	3.96%
PQ	16336	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16035	3.82%
Incuse	15354	3.66%
Coin drop	15178	3.61%
High Relief	14991	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14725	3.51%