Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 945365 search inquires.

Selected title: Melt/Melt value

Explanation: The worth of precious metal in a coin, determined by multiplying the amount of the metal it contains by the spot price of the metal

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54379	13.93%
Silver Clad	31480	8.06%
Coin Silver	23559	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22418	5.74%
BN	21955	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21180	5.43%
RB	20308	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17574	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17195	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16299	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16272	4.17%
PQ	15060	3.86%
Rarity	14915	3.82%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14902	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14884	3.81%
Incuse	14047	3.60%
Coin drop	13807	3.54%
High Relief	13780	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13339	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13055	3.34%