Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1029652 search inquires.

Random title: Duodecimal
Explanation: A coinage or monetary system having twelve minor denominations per major denomination, for example there used to be twelve British pennies to the shilling

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55189 13.62%
Silver Clad 32148 7.93%
Coin Silver 24236 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23164 5.72%
BN 22738 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21762 5.37%
RB 21195 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18214 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17942 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16993 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16868 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15919 3.93%
Rarity 15870 3.92%
PQ 15757 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15510 3.83%
Incuse 14815 3.66%
Coin drop 14535 3.59%
High Relief 14432 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14117 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13841 3.42%