Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 636122 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

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 37396 13.37%
Silver Clad 26748 9.56%
Coin Silver 18928 6.77%
BN 16790 6.00%
Encapsulated Coin 16201 5.79%
Slabbed Coins 15821 5.66%
RB 15364 5.49%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 12519 4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70) 12145 4.34%
Reeded Edge 11943 4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 11641 4.16%
PQ 10417 3.72%
MS (MS60-MS70) 10323 3.69%
PR (PR60, PR70) 10211 3.65%
High Relief 9601 3.43%
Incuse 9518 3.40%
Coin drop 8859 3.17%
Obverse or Face side 8827 3.16%
Rarity 8497 3.04%
Reverse Cameo 7876 2.82%