Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 956358 search inquires.

Random title: Commemorative

Explanation: Coin issued by the government to celebrate and honour an outstanding person, place, or event in history. These coins are extremely popular with collectors

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54536	13.88%
Silver Clad	31596	8.04%
Coin Silver	23680	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22533	5.73%
BN	22076	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21273	5.41%
RB	20456	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17676	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17312	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16422	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16372	4.17%
PQ	15202	3.87%
Rarity	15084	3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15030	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14990	3.81%
Incuse	14195	3.61%
Coin drop	13936	3.55%
High Relief	13891	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13461	3.43%
Obverse or Face side	13179	3.35%