Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1104006 search inquires.

Selected title: Siege Pieces

Explanation: Emergency coins struck during battle, also called obsidional coins or money of necessity

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55896	13.30%
Silver Clad	32807	7.80%
Coin Silver	24860	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23776	5.66%
BN	23361	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22303	5.30%
RB	21811	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18793	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18770	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17617	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17416	4.14%
Obverse or Face side	16876	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16735	3.98%
Rarity	16647	3.96%
PQ	16355	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16050	3.82%
Incuse	15379	3.66%
Coin drop	15198	3.61%
High Relief	15008	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14744	3.51%