Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 895305 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)	53553	14.28%
Silver Clad	30778	8.21%
Coin Silver	22817	6.08%
Slabbed Coins	21647	5.77%
BN	21084	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20472	5.46%
RB	19486	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16838	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16402	4.37%
Reeded Edge	15570	4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15526	4.14%
PQ	14340	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14181	3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14155	3.77%
Rarity	13994	3.73%
Incuse	13249	3.53%
High Relief	13056	3.48%
Coin drop	13046	3.48%
Reverse Cameo	12504	3.33%
Obverse or Face side	12345	3.29%