Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1081559 search inquires.

Random title: Mint
Explanation: A facility for manufacturing coins, also used to describe an unused coin, or a coin in perfect or near perfect condition, as though is had just been manufactured

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55691  13.45%
Silver Clad 32604  7.87%
Coin Silver 24699  5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23592  5.70%
BN 23187  5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22151  5.35%
RB 21623  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18615  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18534  4.47%
Reeded Edge 17438  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17258  4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16478  3.98%
Rarity 16412  3.96%
PQ 16177  3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15899  3.84%
Incuse 15197  3.67%
Coin drop 15008  3.62%
High Relief 14842  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14553  3.51%
Obverse or Face side 14252  3.44%