Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 969928 search inquires.

Selected title: Piedfort

Explanation: A specially struck coin which is much thicker and heavier than normal, often exactly twice the normal weight. From French, literally means heavy weight

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54695	13.82%
Silver Clad	31721	8.01%
Coin Silver	23802	6.01%
Slabbed Coins	22674	5.73%
BN	22230	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21380	5.40%
RB	20608	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17821	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17461	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16550	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16500	4.17%
PQ	15344	3.88%
Rarity	15274	3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15179	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15113	3.82%
Incuse	14353	3.63%
Coin drop	14081	3.56%
High Relief	14026	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13618	3.44%
Obverse or Face side	13338	3.37%