Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 821746 search inquires.

Selected title: Poor
Explanation: Grade: Very worn, but you can still see that it is a coin; it has no value as a collector's piece, unless extremely rare

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 46617  13.46%
Silver Clad 29663  8.56%
Coin Silver 21665  6.25%
Slabbed Coins 20532  5.93%
BN 19934  5.75%
Encapsulated Coin 19381  5.60%
RB 18380  5.31%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 15566  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15201  4.39%
Reeded Edge 14509  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14379  4.15%
PQ 13280  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13082  3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13064  3.77%
Rarity 12577  3.63%
Incuse 12112  3.50%
High Relief 12067  3.48%
Coin drop 11671  3.37%
Reverse Cameo 11382  3.29%
Obverse or Face side 11320  3.27%