Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 696267 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)	39322	13.12%
Silver Clad	27682	9.23%
Coin Silver	19812	6.61%
BN	17708	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	17494	5.84%
Encapsulated Coin	17103	5.71%
RB	16357	5.46%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	13361	4.46%
PF (PF60, PF70)	13181	4.40%
Reeded Edge	12787	4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	12493	4.17%
PQ	11295	3.77%
MS (MS60-MS70)	11235	3.75%
PR (PR60, PR70)	11093	3.70%
High Relief	10397	3.47%
Incuse	10391	3.47%
Rarity	9819	3.28%
Coin drop	9713	3.24%
Obverse or Face side	9642	3.22%
Reverse Cameo	8778	2.93%