Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1072840 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) 55602 13.48%
Silver Clad 32501 7.88%
Coin Silver 24619 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23511 5.70%
BN 23087 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22074 5.35%
RB 21543 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18541 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18452 4.47%
Reeded Edge 17358 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17180 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16394 3.97%
Rarity 16317 3.95%
PQ 16106 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15824 3.84%
Incuse 15123 3.67%
Coin drop 14927 3.62%
High Relief 14772 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14452 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14188 3.44%