Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1050208 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)	55409	13.56%
Silver Clad	32320	7.91%
Coin Silver	24416	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23330	5.71%
BN	22905	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21907	5.36%
RB	21359	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18379	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18096	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17164	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17006	4.16%
Rarity	16116	3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16091	3.94%
PQ	15912	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15665	3.83%
Incuse	14966	3.66%
Coin drop	14719	3.60%
High Relief	14583	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14265	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	14012	3.43%