Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1153174 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) 56349 13.14%
Silver Clad 33216 7.75%
Coin Silver 25308 5.90%
Slabbed Coins 24228 5.65%
BN 23758 5.54%
Encapsulated Coin 22703 5.29%
RB 22225 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19213 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 19094 4.45%
Reeded Edge 18031 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17809 4.15%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17244 4.02%
Obverse or Face side 17225 4.02%
Rarity 17148 4.00%
PQ 16753 3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16410 3.83%
Incuse 15797 3.68%
Coin drop 15691 3.66%
High Relief 15408 3.59%
Reverse Cameo 15171 3.54%