Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 822234 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) 46665  13.46%
Silver Clad 29672  8.56%
Coin Silver 21673  6.25%
Slabbed Coins 20541  5.93%
BN 19941  5.75%
Encapsulated Coin 19393  5.60%
RB 18391  5.31%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 15586  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15209  4.39%
Reeded Edge 14515  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14389  4.15%
PQ 13284  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13093  3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13070  3.77%
Rarity 12591  3.63%
Incuse 12120  3.50%
High Relief 12074  3.48%
Coin drop 11678  3.37%
Reverse Cameo 11390  3.29%
Obverse or Face side 11326  3.27%