Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1016339 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) 55082 13.65%
Silver Clad 32058 7.95%
Coin Silver 24144 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23060 5.72%
BN 22634 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21680 5.37%
RB 21070 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18133 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17856 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16896 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16799 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15842 3.93%
Rarity 15741 3.90%
PQ 15668 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15427 3.82%
Incuse 14729 3.65%
Coin drop 14446 3.58%
High Relief 14357 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14016 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13736 3.41%