Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 876746 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) 53155  14.44%
Silver Clad 30466  8.28%
Coin Silver 22448  6.10%
Slabbed Coins 21305  5.79%
BN 20697  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20166  5.48%
RB 19115  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16524  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16014  4.35%
Reeded Edge 15249  4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15190  4.13%
PQ 13999  3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13879  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13838  3.76%
Rarity 13543  3.68%
Incuse 12876  3.50%
High Relief 12749  3.46%
Coin drop 12680  3.44%
Reverse Cameo 12141  3.30%
Obverse or Face side 12033  3.27%