Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 448796 search inquires.

Random term: Tin

Explanation: A soft grey metallic element which has occasionally been used for coins, and is also a constituent of bronze which has often been used as a coin alloy, and often wrongly called copper

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	29062	13.89%
Silver Clad	22582	10.79%
BN	14047	6.71%
Encapsulated Coin	13148	6.28%
RB	11833	5.65%
Slabbed Coins	10688	5.11%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	10024	4.79%
Coin Silver	9730	4.65%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	9220	4.41%
Reeded Edge	9130	4.36%
PF (PF60, PF70)	8569	4.09%
PQ	7672	3.67%
MS (MS60-MS70)	7483	3.58%
PR (PR60, PR70)	7465	3.57%
High Relief	7339	3.51%
Obverse or Face side	7137	3.41%
Rarity	6213	2.97%
Reverse Cameo	6153	2.94%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	5964	2.85%
Clad Coinage	5779	2.76%