Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1035489 search inquires.

Selected title: Type Set
Explanation: A collection of coins of various designs; rather than try to complete the series, the goal of the type collector is to obtain at least one example of several different types

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55253 13.60%
Silver Clad 32201 7.93%
Coin Silver 24289 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23210 5.71%
BN 22782 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21808 5.37%
RB 21249 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18253 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17983 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17040 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16906 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15974 3.93%
Rarity 15945 3.93%
PQ 15806 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15549 3.83%
Incuse 14859 3.66%
Coin drop 14586 3.59%
High Relief 14483 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14161 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13895 3.42%