Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 959884 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) 54589  13.86%
Silver Clad 31630  8.03%
Coin Silver 23717  6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22577  5.73%
BN 22114  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21306  5.41%
RB 20497  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17733  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17363  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16462  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16411  4.17%
PQ 15247  3.87%
Rarity 15144  3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15092  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15028  3.82%
Incuse 14242  3.62%
Coin drop 13991  3.55%
High Relief 13931  3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13503  3.43%
Obverse or Face side 13229  3.36%