Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1093372 search inquires.

Random title: Disme
Explanation: One tenth of a dollar. The early spelling of the word 'dime'

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55809  13.32%
Silver Clad 32723  7.81%
Coin Silver 24788  5.92%
Slabbed Coins 23704  5.66%
BN 23293  5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22231  5.31%
RB 21722  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18706  4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18702  4.47%
Reeded Edge 17529  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17343  4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16811  4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16616  3.97%
Rarity 16551  3.95%
PQ 16273  3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15991  3.82%
Incuse 15297  3.65%
Coin drop 15118  3.61%
High Relief 14938  3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14665  3.50%