Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 953020 search inquires.

Selected title: Pyx

Explanation: A wooden box which contains, in England, coins produced by the mint, to be tested for weight and purity by the Goldsmiths Company of London in the annual 'Trial of the Pyx'

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54489	13.89%
Silver Clad	31563	8.05%
Coin Silver	23644	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22496	5.74%
BN	22043	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21252	5.42%
RB	20411	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17643	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17276	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16383	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16343	4.17%
PQ	15162	3.87%
Rarity	15031	3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14987	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14957	3.81%
Incuse	14155	3.61%
Coin drop	13904	3.55%
High Relief	13856	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13429	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13132	3.35%