Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1013210 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)	55060	13.67%
Silver Clad	32035	7.95%
Coin Silver	24124	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	23023	5.71%
BN	22617	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21662	5.38%
RB	21034	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18116	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17834	4.43%
Reeded Edge	16875	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16782	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15824	3.93%
Rarity	15689	3.89%
PQ	15643	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15408	3.82%
Incuse	14705	3.65%
Coin drop	14426	3.58%
High Relief	14340	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	13998	3.47%
Obverse or Face side	13709	3.40%