Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 938029 search inquires.

Random title: FAO
Explanation: Food Agricultural Organization of United Nations: the most famous organization fighting for the production of more food for the poorest countries suffering still today a persevering undernutrition. The first coin has been issued by the Bolivian Government in 1968 and after that, many countries issued a lot of other coins. Actually there are over 1,600 coins which celebrate this very important World Association, struck by about 140 nations all around the World. All these coins included common divisional currency as well as silver and gold coins. There're also some rarity as pattern and piefort pieces which are more rare and surely not cheap

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54285  13.96%
Silver Clad 31400  8.08%
Coin Silver 23476  6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22321  5.74%
BN 21856  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21113  5.43%
RB 20213  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17500  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17114  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16213  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16201  4.17%
PQ 14980  3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14826  3.81%
Rarity 14815  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14813  3.81%
Incuse 13950  3.59%
Coin drop 13707  3.53%
High Relief 13699  3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13245  3.41%
Obverse or Face side 12972  3.34%