Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 672311 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) 38281 13.12%
Silver Clad 27320 9.37%
Coin Silver 19513 6.69%
BN 17341 5.94%
Encapsulated Coin 16743 5.74%
Slabbed Coins 16726 5.73%
RB 15980 5.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 13043 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 12769 4.38%
Reeded Edge 12472 4.28%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 12179 4.18%
PQ 10947 3.75%
MS (MS60-MS70) 10892 3.73%
PR (PR60, PR70) 10755 3.69%
High Relief 10083 3.46%
Incuse 10061 3.45%
Coin drop 9416 3.23%
Rarity 9357 3.21%
Obverse or Face side 9351 3.21%
Reverse Cameo 8461 2.90%