Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 922974 search inquires.

Selected title: Mint

Explanation: A facility for manufacturing coins, also used to describe an unused coin, or a coin in perfect or near perfect condition, as though is had just been manufactured

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54082	14.05%
Silver Clad	31230	8.11%
Coin Silver	23301	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22143	5.75%
BN	21639	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20953	5.44%
RB	20010	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17326	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16913	4.39%
Reeded Edge	16039	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16026	4.16%
PQ	14804	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14670	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14649	3.80%
Rarity	14592	3.79%
Incuse	13767	3.58%
High Relief	13535	3.52%
Coin drop	13522	3.51%
Reverse Cameo	13024	3.38%
Obverse or Face side	12812	3.33%