Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1021098 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) 55107 13.64%
Silver Clad 32086 7.94%
Coin Silver 24171 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23096 5.72%
BN 22665 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21702 5.37%
RB 21112 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18153 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17883 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16920 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16819 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15870 3.93%
Rarity 15787 3.91%
PQ 15691 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15450 3.82%
Incuse 14755 3.65%
Coin drop 14476 3.58%
High Relief 14379 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14050 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13764 3.41%