Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1065123 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)	55536	13.51%
Silver Clad	32445	7.89%
Coin Silver	24551	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23439	5.70%
BN	23020	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22015	5.35%
RB	21481	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18492	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18298	4.45%
Reeded Edge	17297	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17127	4.17%
Rarity	16239	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16224	3.95%
PQ	16039	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15769	3.84%
Incuse	15064	3.66%
Coin drop	14863	3.62%
High Relief	14715	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14384	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14129	3.44%