Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 778761 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)	44600	13.41%
Silver Clad	29130	8.76%
Coin Silver	21167	6.37%
Slabbed Coins	19803	5.95%
BN	19297	5.80%
Encapsulated Coin	18682	5.62%
RB	17914	5.39%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	14733	4.43%
PF (PF60, PF70)	14603	4.39%
Reeded Edge	14028	4.22%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	13788	4.15%
PQ	12825	3.86%
MS (MS60-MS70)	12535	3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70)	12421	3.74%
Rarity	11792	3.55%
Incuse	11632	3.50%
High Relief	11607	3.49%
Coin drop	11021	3.31%
Obverse or Face side	10841	3.26%
Reverse Cameo	10103	3.04%