Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 959903 search inquires.

Selected title: Overdate
Explanation: The re-enraving of the die to change the date (the date is made by superimposing one or more different numbers on a previously dated die)

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54589 13.86%
Silver Clad 31630 8.03%
Coin Silver 23717 6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22577 5.73%
BN 22114 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21306 5.41%
RB 20497 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17733 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17363 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16462 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16411 4.17%
PQ 15247 3.87%
Rarity 15144 3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15092 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15028 3.82%
Incuse 14242 3.62%
Coin drop 13991 3.55%
High Relief 13931 3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13503 3.43%
Obverse or Face side 13229 3.36%