Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1036871 search inquires.

Selected title: Legal Tender
Explanation: Money that may be legally offered in payment of an obligation and that a creditor must accept. The legal tender value of a coin is the value placed on it by the government and it may be different than the intrinsic value (bullion value) or collector value

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55263 13.60%
Silver Clad 32204 7.92%
Coin Silver 24299 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23219 5.71%
BN 22788 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21815 5.37%
RB 21257 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18256 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17990 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17045 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16907 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15978 3.93%
Rarity 15958 3.93%
PQ 15809 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15555 3.83%
Incuse 14865 3.66%
Coin drop 14595 3.59%
High Relief 14488 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14169 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13903 3.42%