Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1146340 search inquires.

Selected title: Fair / Poor
Explanation: A coin in either Fair or Poor condition is basically just a slick round piece of metal with a faint outline of some shape which might be a nose, ear, or maybe just a ding in the metal.

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56272 13.17%
Silver Clad 33148 7.76%
Coin Silver 25239 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24154 5.65%
BN 23689 5.54%
Encapsulated Coin 22640 5.30%
RB 22164 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19134 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 19040 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17957 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17744 4.15%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17167 4.02%
Obverse or Face side 17160 4.02%
Rarity 17071 3.99%
PQ 16682 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16345 3.82%
Incuse 15723 3.68%
Coin drop 15606 3.65%
High Relief 15335 3.59%
Reverse Cameo 15098 3.53%