Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 998516 search inquires.

Selected title: Type Coin

Explanation: A 'type' coin is a representative example of a particular coin series, but not one of the rarest and most valuable specimens from that series. It is usually one of the more common dates

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54928	13.71%
Silver Clad	31932	7.97%
Coin Silver	24005	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	22917	5.72%
BN	22476	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21568	5.38%
RB	20895	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18009	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17705	4.42%
Reeded Edge	16763	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16679	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15707	3.92%
Rarity	15540	3.88%
PQ	15534	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15303	3.82%
Incuse	14589	3.64%
Coin drop	14307	3.57%
High Relief	14229	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13865	3.46%
Obverse or Face side	13543	3.38%