Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 980169 search inquires.

Random title: Relief
Explanation: Any part of a coin design that is raised above the coin's surface is said to be in relief. It also represents the distance between the higher and the lowest place of the design of a coin (the opposite of relief is incuse)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54788  13.78%
Silver Clad 31796  8.00%
Coin Silver 23878  6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22772  5.73%
BN 22322  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21447  5.40%
RB 20712  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17880  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17546  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16627  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16566  4.17%
PQ 15411  3.88%
Rarity 15370  3.87%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15270  3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15195  3.82%
Incuse 14441  3.63%
Coin drop 14165  3.56%
High Relief 14097  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13701  3.45%
Obverse or Face side 13406  3.37%