Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 921865 search inquires.

Selected title: Water Mark

Explanation: A design put into paper at the manufacuring stage by pressing it while wet between rollers bearing the design

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54064	14.05%
Silver Clad	31215	8.11%
Coin Silver	23283	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22124	5.75%
BN	21629	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20936	5.44%
RB	19999	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17303	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16899	4.39%
Reeded Edge	16022	4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16003	4.16%
PQ	14785	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14652	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14637	3.80%
Rarity	14572	3.79%
Incuse	13752	3.57%
High Relief	13516	3.51%
Coin drop	13500	3.51%
Reverse Cameo	13009	3.38%
Obverse or Face side	12791	3.32%