Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 947767 search inquires.

Selected title: High Relief

Explanation: A coin with deep concave fields due to highly raised designs. High relief coins require extra pressure to be fully struck and are difficult to stack

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54429	13.92%
Silver Clad	31514	8.06%
Coin Silver	23596	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22446	5.74%
BN	21988	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21212	5.42%
RB	20344	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17600	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17226	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16335	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16297	4.17%
PQ	15100	3.86%
Rarity	14957	3.82%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14931	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14915	3.81%
Incuse	14083	3.60%
Coin drop	13842	3.54%
High Relief	13810	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13376	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13084	3.35%