Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 13843 search inquires.

Random term: GEM BU

Explanation: BU with no Bag marks

Most popular coin terms

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Silver Clad 1009  13.09%
PR (PR60, PR70) 615  7.98%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 594  7.70%
BN 472  6.12%
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 466  6.04%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 464  6.02%
Encapsulated Coin 362  4.69%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 350  4.54%
Reeded Edge 343  4.45%
PF (PF60, PF70) 337  4.37%
RB 337  4.37%
MS (MS60-MS70) 332  4.31%
Obverse or Face side 300  3.89%
Reverse Cameo 284  3.68%
Coin Silver 255  3.31%
Buffing (whizzed) 249  3.23%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 245  3.18%
RD 239  3.10%
Clad Coinage 238  3.09%
Hard Times Tokens 219  2.84%

Author: Ioannis Androulakis