Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 635483 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)	37359	13.37%
Silver Clad	26732	9.57%
Coin Silver	18912	6.77%
BN	16770	6.00%
Encapsulated Coin	16183	5.79%
Slabbed Coins	15806	5.66%
RB	15348	5.49%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	12506	4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70)	12133	4.34%
Reeded Edge	11929	4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	11627	4.16%
PQ	10402	3.72%
MS (MS60-MS70)	10304	3.69%
PR (PR60, PR70)	10199	3.65%
High Relief	9587	3.43%
Incuse	9506	3.40%
Coin drop	8845	3.17%
Obverse or Face side	8813	3.16%
Rarity	8470	3.03%
Reverse Cameo	7860	2.81%