Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1036311 search inquires.

Selected title: Relief
Explanation: Any part of a coin design that is raised above the coin's surface is said to be in relief. It also represents the distance between the higher and the lowest place of the design of a coin (the opposite of relief is incuse)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55258 13.60%
Silver Clad 32203 7.93%
Coin Silver 24293 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23215 5.71%
BN 22785 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21813 5.37%
RB 21249 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18254 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17985 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17043 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16906 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15975 3.93%
Rarity 15948 3.92%
PQ 15808 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15551 3.83%
Incuse 14863 3.66%
Coin drop 14590 3.59%
High Relief 14485 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14165 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13899 3.42%