Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1137161 search inquires.

Selected title: Electrum
Explanation: A naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, used in the very earliest Greek coins. It's name comes from the Greek word elektron meaning amber, because of its pale yellow colour

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56187 13.19%
Silver Clad 33068 7.77%
Coin Silver 25154 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24080 5.65%
BN 23613 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22563 5.30%
RB 22071 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19063 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18987 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17884 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17680 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17095 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17085 4.01%
Rarity 16973 3.99%
PQ 16608 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16293 3.83%
Incuse 15642 3.67%
Coin drop 15507 3.64%
High Relief 15258 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15011 3.53%