Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 882152 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) 53276 14.38%
Silver Clad 30561 8.25%
Coin Silver 22578 6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21424 5.78%
BN 20828 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20273 5.47%
RB 19225 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16619 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16148 4.36%
Reeded Edge 15363 4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15304 4.13%
PQ 14110 3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13981 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13946 3.76%
Rarity 13696 3.70%
Incuse 13002 3.51%
High Relief 12850 3.47%
Coin drop 12825 3.46%
Reverse Cameo 12279 3.31%
Obverse or Face side 12150 3.28%