Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 669020 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)	38159	13.15%
Silver Clad	27266	9.39%
Coin Silver	19454	6.70%
BN	17264	5.95%
Encapsulated Coin	16675	5.74%
Slabbed Coins	16588	5.71%
RB	15897	5.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	12982	4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70)	12702	4.38%
Reeded Edge	12413	4.28%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	12124	4.18%
PQ	10871	3.75%
MS (MS60-MS70)	10826	3.73%
PR (PR60, PR70)	10697	3.69%
High Relief	10021	3.45%
Incuse	10000	3.45%
Coin drop	9364	3.23%
Obverse or Face side	9294	3.20%
Rarity	9269	3.19%
Reverse Cameo	8395	2.89%