Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 950258 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)	54453	13.90%
Silver Clad	31537	8.05%
Coin Silver	23615	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22469	5.74%
BN	22016	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21234	5.42%
RB	20377	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17624	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17248	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16355	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16322	4.17%
PQ	15120	3.86%
Rarity	14996	3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14954	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14937	3.81%
Incuse	14111	3.60%
Coin drop	13869	3.54%
High Relief	13835	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13400	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13105	3.35%