Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 659143 search inquires.

Selected title: Reverse Cameo

Explanation: A coin where the background is frosted looking and the design has a polished mirror like look to it. Some Australia lunar 'Year of the Horse' and other lunar year animal gold /silver coins have this reverse cameo appearance

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	37990	13.22%
Silver Clad	27144	9.45%
Coin Silver	19303	6.72%
BN	17131	5.96%
Encapsulated Coin	16553	5.76%
Slabbed Coins	16291	5.67%
RB	15713	5.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	12880	4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70)	12516	4.36%
Reeded Edge	12272	4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	12012	4.18%
PQ	10753	3.74%
MS (MS60-MS70)	10703	3.73%
PR (PR60, PR70)	10551	3.67%
High Relief	9920	3.45%
Incuse	9874	3.44%
Coin drop	9196	3.20%
Obverse or Face side	9158	3.19%
Rarity	9045	3.15%
Reverse Cameo	8250	2.87%