Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1086072 search inquires.

Selected title: Parentheses "(1968S)"
Explanation: Parentheses are placed around all or part of a date and/or mintmark if the date of the coin is known, but none or only part of the date actually appears on the coin. May also be used if only part of the date's digits show. For example: An off center coin with 19(72) listed as it's date means a coin is struck off center and the 19 of the date shows but none or only a portion of the 72 appears

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55754  13.43%
Silver Clad 32674  7.87%
Coin Silver 24738  5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23644  5.69%
BN 23244  5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22190  5.34%
RB 21671  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18656  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18622  4.48%
Reeded Edge 17478  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17304  4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16537  3.98%
Rarity 16473  3.97%
PQ 16227  3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15943  3.84%
Incuse 15240  3.67%
Coin drop 15062  3.63%
High Relief 14888  3.59%
Reverse Cameo 14609  3.52%
Obverse or Face side 14296  3.44%