Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 960800 search inquires.

Selected title: Hard Times Tokens
Explanation: Pieces either of a political or advertising nature, privately made and used as money during most of Andrew Jackson's presidency (1834-1841). These were the approximate size of the then current U.S. large cent

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54589 13.85%
Silver Clad 31630 8.03%
Coin Silver 23717 6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22577 5.73%
BN 22114 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21306 5.41%
RB 20497 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17733 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17363 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16462 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16411 4.17%
PQ 15247 3.87%
Rarity 15144 3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15092 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15028 3.81%
Incuse 14242 3.61%
Coin drop 13991 3.55%
High Relief 13931 3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13503 3.43%
Obverse or Face side 13229 3.36%