Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 976296 search inquires.

Selected title: Field
Explanation: Flat, undetailed part of the surface of a coin between the raised designs, including the date. Quantity of the field is very important to numismatists as an aid to grading coins

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54764  13.80%
Silver Clad 31767  8.00%
Coin Silver 23857  6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22747  5.73%
BN 22298  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21436  5.40%
RB 20681  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17865  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17526  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16604  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16550  4.17%
PQ 15399  3.88%
Rarity 15342  3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15250  3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15179  3.82%
Incuse 14420  3.63%
Coin drop 14138  3.56%
High Relief 14079  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13678  3.45%
Obverse or Face side 13390  3.37%