Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1086294 search inquires.

Selected title: Grading standards

Explanation: A set of criteria indicating how much wear a coin shows

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55758	13.42%
Silver Clad	32679	7.87%
Coin Silver	24746	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	23649	5.69%
BN	23253	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22192	5.34%
RB	21676	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18658	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18637	4.49%
Reeded Edge	17485	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17306	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16545	3.98%
Rarity	16480	3.97%
PQ	16230	3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15945	3.84%
Incuse	15245	3.67%
Coin drop	15067	3.63%
High Relief	14892	3.59%
Reverse Cameo	14612	3.52%
Obverse or Face side	14299	3.44%