Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1051775 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)	55417	13.55%
Silver Clad	32335	7.91%
Coin Silver	24427	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23340	5.71%
BN	22917	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21918	5.36%
RB	21365	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18389	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18105	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17177	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17014	4.16%
Rarity	16129	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16099	3.94%
PQ	15921	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15670	3.83%
Incuse	14971	3.66%
Coin drop	14736	3.60%
High Relief	14597	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14277	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	14024	3.43%