Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1001229 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) 54953 13.71%
Silver Clad 31952 7.97%
Coin Silver 24029 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22936 5.72%
BN 22507 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21584 5.38%
RB 20921 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18028 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17735 4.42%
Reeded Edge 16784 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16699 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15728 3.92%
Rarity 15567 3.88%
PQ 15559 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15317 3.82%
Incuse 14611 3.64%
Coin drop 14322 3.57%
High Relief 14246 3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13890 3.46%
Obverse or Face side 13563 3.38%