Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1154679 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)	56373	13.13%
Silver Clad	33237	7.74%
Coin Silver	25327	5.90%
Slabbed Coins	24248	5.65%
BN	23778	5.54%
Encapsulated Coin	22727	5.29%
RB	22242	5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70)	19238	4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	19113	4.45%
Reeded Edge	18052	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17832	4.15%
PR (PR60, PR70)	17265	4.02%
Obverse or Face side	17248	4.02%
Rarity	17166	4.00%
PQ	16772	3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16423	3.83%
Incuse	15813	3.68%
Coin drop	15709	3.66%
High Relief	15423	3.59%
Reverse Cameo	15191	3.54%