Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1094336 search inquires.

Selected title: NC
Explanation: Not Collectable: A unique or nearly unique coin. Usually one of Sheldon's die varieties of Large Cents. At the time of Sheldon's 'Penny Whimsey' (1958), for a coin to be NC, there had to be less than 3 specimens known

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55818 13.32%
Silver Clad 32734 7.81%
Coin Silver 24796 5.92%
Slabbed Coins 23715 5.66%
BN 23306 5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22235 5.31%
RB 21732 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18712 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18711 4.47%
Reeded Edge 17545 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17354 4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16819 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16626 3.97%
Rarity 16563 3.95%
PQ 16287 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15999 3.82%
Incuse 15306 3.65%
Coin drop 15129 3.61%
High Relief 14948 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14671 3.50%