Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 877973 search inquires.

Selected title: Galvano
Explanation: An epoxy coated plaster relief model of a coin, token or medal created by electrodeposition (much larger than the dies later created from it)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 53170 14.43%
Silver Clad 30479 8.27%
Coin Silver 22465 6.10%
Slabbed Coins 21325 5.79%
BN 20717 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20182 5.48%
RB 19126 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16540 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16039 4.35%
Reeded Edge 15268 4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15213 4.13%
PQ 14015 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13901 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13858 3.76%
Rarity 13563 3.68%
Incuse 12893 3.50%
High Relief 12767 3.46%
Coin drop 12705 3.45%
Reverse Cameo 12158 3.30%
Obverse or Face side 12046 3.27%