Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 938915 search inquires.

Selected title: Fleur de Coin
Explanation: A perfect or virtually perfect coin. Fully struck up. No Contact- or other Detracting Marks visible with the naked eye, and only minute superficial imperfections, relating to the manufacturing process rather than any other cause, may be visible under magnification. Fully Lustre or Mint Bloom is present. It is a completely flawless mint state coin with nothing forgiven

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54302  13.96%
Silver Clad 31414  8.08%
Coin Silver 23491  6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22341  5.74%
BN 21874  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21127  5.43%
RB 20228  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17513  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17129  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16231  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16215  4.17%
PQ 14995  3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14838  3.81%
Rarity 14834  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14827  3.81%
Incuse 13967  3.59%
Coin drop 13725  3.53%
High Relief 13715  3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13261  3.41%
Obverse or Face side 12985  3.34%