Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1107101 search inquires.

Random title: Specie

Explanation: Precious metal used to back money, usually gold and silver

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55925	13.28%
Silver Clad	32832	7.80%
Coin Silver	24894	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23817	5.66%
BN	23392	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22333	5.30%
RB	21841	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18817	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18794	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17647	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17450	4.14%
Obverse or Face side	16906	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16772	3.98%
Rarity	16668	3.96%
PQ	16382	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16076	3.82%
Incuse	15404	3.66%
Coin drop	15226	3.62%
High Relief	15032	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14771	3.51%