Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 891522 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)	53504	14.30%
Silver Clad	30740	8.22%
Coin Silver	22773	6.09%
Slabbed Coins	21608	5.77%
BN	21023	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20446	5.46%
RB	19429	5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16804	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16365	4.37%
Reeded Edge	15541	4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15487	4.14%
PQ	14299	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14149	3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14118	3.77%
Rarity	13901	3.72%
Incuse	13198	3.53%
High Relief	13030	3.48%
Coin drop	13005	3.48%
Reverse Cameo	12447	3.33%
Obverse or Face side	12316	3.29%