Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 927450 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) 54143 14.02%
Silver Clad 31294 8.10%
Coin Silver 23357 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22202 5.75%
BN 21711 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21000 5.44%
RB 20073 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17378 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16974 4.39%
Reeded Edge 16096 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16082 4.16%
PQ 14857 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14714 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14700 3.81%
Rarity 14669 3.80%
Incuse 13831 3.58%
High Relief 13588 3.52%
Coin drop 13575 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 13106 3.39%
Obverse or Face side 12861 3.33%