Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1066939 search inquires.

Selected title: Medium of Exchange

Explanation: Something accepted by people as having a certain value that is used to exchange or trade. Often coins and paper money are used as mediums of exchange, but it can be anything

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55548	13.50%
Silver Clad	32454	7.89%
Coin Silver	24563	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23448	5.70%
BN	23023	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22026	5.35%
RB	21494	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18496	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18308	4.45%
Reeded Edge	17309	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17134	4.17%
Rarity	16250	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16234	3.95%
PQ	16048	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15778	3.84%
Incuse	15073	3.66%
Coin drop	14873	3.62%
High Relief	14725	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14397	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14138	3.44%