Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 994428 search inquires.

Random title: Numismatics
Explanation: The science, study or collecting of coins, paper money, tokens, medallions, orders and similar objects exchanged for goods and services or manufactured by similar methods

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54903  13.73%
Silver Clad 31905  7.98%
Coin Silver 23978  5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22886  5.72%
BN 22450  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21542  5.39%
RB 20858  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17988  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17679  4.42%
Reeded Edge 16743  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16655  4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15689  3.92%
PQ 15509  3.88%
Rarity 15509  3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15282  3.82%
Incuse 14563  3.64%
Coin drop 14281  3.57%
High Relief 14203  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13843  3.46%
Obverse or Face side 13516  3.38%