Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1136500 search inquires.

Random title: E-gold
Explanation: E-gold is gold itself, circulated electronically... it's the ultimate worldwide free market currency. You can use it to make purchases, save it, or sell it. It's a way of converting some of your "paper money" into gold, silver, or platinum...... and still be able to use it as you need to

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56179 13.20%
Silver Clad 33061 7.77%
Coin Silver 25145 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24073 5.66%
BN 23606 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22552 5.30%
RB 22066 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19055 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18977 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17875 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17672 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17088 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17074 4.01%
Rarity 16965 3.99%
PQ 16601 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16287 3.83%
Incuse 15636 3.67%
Coin drop 15500 3.64%
High Relief 15251 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15004 3.52%