Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1058684 search inquires.

Random title: Reverse Cameo

Explanation: A coin where the background is frosted looking and the design has a polished mirror like look to it. Some Australia lunar 'Year of the Horse' and other lunar year animal gold /silver coins have this reverse cameo appearance

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55476	13.54%
Silver Clad	32379	7.90%
Coin Silver	24485	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23382	5.71%
BN	22968	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	21961	5.36%
RB	21420	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18432	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18142	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17232	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17060	4.16%
Rarity	16187	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16161	3.94%
PQ	15970	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15711	3.83%
Incuse	15010	3.66%
Coin drop	14792	3.61%
High Relief	14650	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14325	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14068	3.43%