Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 822234 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)	46665	13.46%
Silver Clad	29672	8.56%
Coin Silver	21673	6.25%
Slabbed Coins	20541	5.93%
BN	19941	5.75%
Encapsulated Coin	19393	5.60%
RB	18391	5.31%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	15586	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	15209	4.39%
Reeded Edge	14515	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	14389	4.15%
PQ	13284	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	13093	3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70)	13070	3.77%
Rarity	12591	3.63%
Incuse	12120	3.50%
High Relief	12074	3.48%
Coin drop	11678	3.37%
Reverse Cameo	11390	3.29%
Obverse or Face side	11326	3.27%