Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 638064 search inquires.

Selected title: SP

Explanation: Specimen: Better than business strike, but not quite a proof

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	37468	13.34%
Silver Clad	26804	9.55%
Coin Silver	18978	6.76%
BN	16847	6.00%
Encapsulated Coin	16254	5.79%
Slabbed Coins	15867	5.65%
RB	15421	5.49%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	12572	4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70)	12195	4.34%
Reeded Edge	11989	4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	11694	4.16%
PQ	10475	3.73%
MS (MS60-MS70)	10381	3.70%
PR (PR60, PR70)	10268	3.66%
High Relief	9657	3.44%
Incuse	9577	3.41%
Coin drop	8908	3.17%
Obverse or Face side	8882	3.16%
Rarity	8583	3.06%
Reverse Cameo	7935	2.83%