Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1077709 search inquires.

Selected title: Oddity
Explanation: When something unusual happens to a coin, it is sometimes called an oddity. Can be an 'error' that was made at the mint, or something that was done to a coin after the minting of the coin

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55658  13.46%
Silver Clad 32545  7.87%
Coin Silver 24657  5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23552  5.70%
BN 23124  5.59%
Encapsulated Coin 22114  5.35%
RB 21589  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18580  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18498  4.47%
Reeded Edge 17399  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17222  4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16446  3.98%
Rarity 16369  3.96%
PQ 16137  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15864  3.84%
Incuse 15162  3.67%
Coin drop 14971  3.62%
High Relief 14809  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14499  3.51%
Obverse or Face side 14225  3.44%