Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 976294 search inquires.

Selected title: Gram
Explanation: Metric weight often used to weigh precious metals. About 31.10 grams are in a troy ounce

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54764  13.80%
Silver Clad 31767  8.00%
Coin Silver 23857  6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22747  5.73%
BN 22298  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21436  5.40%
RB 20681  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17865  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17526  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16604  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16550  4.17%
PQ 15399  3.88%
Rarity 15342  3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15250  3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15179  3.82%
Incuse 14420  3.63%
Coin drop 14138  3.56%
High Relief 14079  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13678  3.45%
Obverse or Face side 13390  3.37%