Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1028946 search inquires.

Random title: Double Denomination
Explanation: A rare error in which a previously struck coin is restruck by the die pair of another denomination

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55187 13.62%
Silver Clad 32144 7.93%
Coin Silver 24225 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23160 5.72%
BN 22735 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21758 5.37%
RB 21192 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18208 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17936 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16988 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16863 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15915 3.93%
Rarity 15865 3.92%
PQ 15753 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15506 3.83%
Incuse 14811 3.66%
Coin drop 14532 3.59%
High Relief 14430 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14111 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13836 3.41%