Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1007971 search inquires.

Selected title: Obol

Explanation: A small silver coin of ancient Greece, originally a day's wages for a rower on a galley or a citizen on jury duty

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55011	13.68%
Silver Clad	32001	7.96%
Coin Silver	24087	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	22988	5.72%
BN	22564	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21630	5.38%
RB	20987	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18081	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17794	4.43%
Reeded Edge	16837	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16743	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15791	3.93%
Rarity	15634	3.89%
PQ	15610	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15366	3.82%
Incuse	14662	3.65%
Coin drop	14385	3.58%
High Relief	14305	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	13949	3.47%
Obverse or Face side	13639	3.39%