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%