Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1127167 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)	56094	13.22%
Silver Clad	32985	7.78%
Coin Silver	25066	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23987	5.66%
BN	23538	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22486	5.30%
RB	21994	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18971	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18922	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17805	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17609	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	17026	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16985	4.00%
Rarity	16858	3.97%
PQ	16529	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16223	3.82%
Incuse	15561	3.67%
Coin drop	15407	3.63%
High Relief	15180	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14925	3.52%