Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 944171 search inquires.

Random title: Oddity
Explanation: When something unusual happens to a coin, it is sometimes called an oddity. Can be an 'error' that was made at the mint, or something that was done to a coin after the minting of the coin

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54359 13.93%
Silver Clad 31467 8.07%
Coin Silver 23546 6.03%
Slabbed Coins 22398 5.74%
BN 21941 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21168 5.43%
RB 20294 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17566 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17180 4.40%
Reeded Edge 16286 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16258 4.17%
PQ 15046 3.86%
Rarity 14899 3.82%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14883 3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14873 3.81%
Incuse 14031 3.60%
Coin drop 13793 3.54%
High Relief 13764 3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13322 3.41%
Obverse or Face side 13038 3.34%