Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1031620 search inquires.

Random title: Mail Bid
Explanation: An auction format in which bids are submitted by mail; the highest offer for each lot received by the closing date wins the lot (several other rules usually apply)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55210 13.61%
Silver Clad 32164 7.93%
Coin Silver 24259 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23178 5.71%
BN 22756 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21781 5.37%
RB 21212 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18223 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17953 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17008 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16879 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15935 3.93%
Rarity 15899 3.92%
PQ 15776 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15514 3.83%
Incuse 14831 3.66%
Coin drop 14550 3.59%
High Relief 14445 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14135 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13859 3.42%