Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 930721 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

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54190	14.00%
Silver Clad	31325	8.09%
Coin Silver	23394	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22231	5.74%
BN	21762	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21029	5.43%
RB	20114	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17419	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17022	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16128	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16118	4.17%
PQ	14887	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14742	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14738	3.81%
Rarity	14709	3.80%
Incuse	13873	3.59%
High Relief	13623	3.52%
Coin drop	13616	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13139	3.40%
Obverse or Face side	12897	3.33%