Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1105110 search inquires.

Selected title: Tetradrachma

Explanation: An ancient Greek silver coin weighing about 13 to 17 grams, roughly the same size as a U.S. quarter but three times thicker

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55902	13.29%
Silver Clad	32815	7.80%
Coin Silver	24872	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23794	5.66%
BN	23371	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22311	5.30%
RB	21821	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18802	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18778	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17628	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17424	4.14%
Obverse or Face side	16882	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16745	3.98%
Rarity	16653	3.96%
PQ	16362	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16059	3.82%
Incuse	15388	3.66%
Coin drop	15206	3.62%
High Relief	15013	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14749	3.51%