Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 966291 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) 54652 13.84%
Silver Clad 31685 8.02%
Coin Silver 23770 6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22633 5.73%
BN 22181 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21348 5.40%
RB 20562 5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17788 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17416 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16511 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16461 4.17%
PQ 15309 3.88%
Rarity 15215 3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15141 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15083 3.82%
Incuse 14310 3.62%
Coin drop 14045 3.56%
High Relief 13984 3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13579 3.44%
Obverse or Face side 13298 3.37%