Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 608426 search inquires.

Selected term: High Relief
Explanation: A coin with deep concave fields due to highly raised designs. High relief coins require extra pressure to be fully struck and are difficult to stack

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 36549 13.73%
Silver Clad 26315 9.89%
BN 16483 6.19%
Encapsulated Coin 15889 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 15258 5.73%
RB 14964 5.62%
Coin Silver 12529 4.71%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 12189 4.58%
PF (PF60, PF70) 11734 4.41%
Reeded Edge 11582 4.35%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 11321 4.25%
PQ 10102 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 10009 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 9833 3.69%
High Relief 9315 3.50%
Incuse 9094 3.42%
Obverse or Face side 8606 3.23%
Coin drop 8476 3.19%
Rarity 8208 3.08%
Reverse Cameo 7603 2.86%