Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1035885 search inquires.

Selected title: Proof Set

Explanation: A specially packaged group of coins containing at least one of most or all of the denominations of proof coins struck by a nation in a particular year

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55255	13.60%
Silver Clad	32203	7.93%
Coin Silver	24290	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23212	5.71%
BN	22784	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21810	5.37%
RB	21249	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18253	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17983	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17041	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16906	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15974	3.93%
Rarity	15945	3.92%
PQ	15807	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15549	3.83%
Incuse	14859	3.66%
Coin drop	14589	3.59%
High Relief	14483	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	14163	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13896	3.42%