Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 701170 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) 39661 13.14%
Silver Clad 27785 9.20%
Coin Silver 19900 6.59%
BN 17809 5.90%
Slabbed Coins 17679 5.86%
Encapsulated Coin 17191 5.70%
RB 16469 5.46%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 13448 4.46%
PF (PF60, PF70) 13292 4.40%
Reeded Edge 12863 4.26%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 12568 4.16%
PQ 11408 3.78%
MS (MS60-MS70) 11310 3.75%
PR (PR60, PR70) 11183 3.70%
High Relief 10478 3.47%
Incuse 10465 3.47%
Rarity 9943 3.29%
Coin drop 9798 3.25%
Obverse or Face side 9721 3.22%
Reverse Cameo 8860 2.94%