Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 972265 search inquires.

Selected title: Reeded Edge

Explanation: The edge of a coin with grooved lines that run vertically around its perimeter. The edge found on all current United States coins other than cents and nickels

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54708	13.81%
Silver Clad	31733	8.01%
Coin Silver	23816	6.01%
Slabbed Coins	22691	5.73%
BN	22254	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21394	5.40%
RB	20629	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17835	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17478	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16564	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16513	4.17%
PQ	15358	3.88%
Rarity	15290	3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15195	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15130	3.82%
Incuse	14370	3.63%
Coin drop	14096	3.56%
High Relief	14038	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13639	3.44%
Obverse or Face side	13350	3.37%