Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 968518 search inquires.

Selected title: Gold

Explanation: A bright yellow metallic element used from the earliest days of coin production through to the present. It is inert to most chemical and atmospheric reactions, so that it does not normally tarnish or corrode

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54669	13.82%
Silver Clad	31693	8.01%
Coin Silver	23787	6.01%
Slabbed Coins	22647	5.73%
BN	22194	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21358	5.40%
RB	20573	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17799	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17430	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16521	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16469	4.16%
PQ	15318	3.87%
Rarity	15234	3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15148	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15091	3.82%
Incuse	14320	3.62%
Coin drop	14052	3.55%
High Relief	13994	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13591	3.44%
Obverse or Face side	13310	3.37%