Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1059064 search inquires.

Random title: CMM# (CMM1-CMM13?)
Explanation: Cohen, Munson, Munde number (1971): Die variety - Half Cents, 1793-1857

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55479 13.53%
Silver Clad 32385 7.90%
Coin Silver 24489 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23384 5.70%
BN 22970 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 21964 5.36%
RB 21424 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18434 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18145 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17236 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17066 4.16%
Rarity 16192 3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16165 3.94%
PQ 15975 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15715 3.83%
Incuse 15014 3.66%
Coin drop 14797 3.61%
High Relief 14654 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14330 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14073 3.43%