Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1063870 search inquires.

Selected title: Overmintmark
Explanation: One mintmark on top of a different mintmark, such as a 'D' over an 'S' (denoted D/S)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55524 13.51%
Silver Clad 32427 7.89%
Coin Silver 24541 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23427 5.70%
BN 23013 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22004 5.36%
RB 21468 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18480 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18199 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17287 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17112 4.16%
Rarity 16229 3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16211 3.95%
PQ 16026 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15761 3.84%
Incuse 15054 3.66%
Coin drop 14846 3.61%
High Relief 14698 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14376 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14121 3.44%