Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 974044 search inquires.

Selected title: Silver

Explanation: A shiny grey reflective precious metal used from the beginnings of coinage to the present day, although now largely replaced by base metal

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54732	13.80%
Silver Clad	31751	8.01%
Coin Silver	23834	6.01%
Slabbed Coins	22722	5.73%
BN	22274	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21417	5.40%
RB	20656	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17847	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17495	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16585	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16537	4.17%
PQ	15374	3.88%
Rarity	15315	3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15222	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15151	3.82%
Incuse	14394	3.63%
Coin drop	14114	3.56%
High Relief	14058	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13660	3.45%
Obverse or Face side	13368	3.37%