Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 961923 search inquires.

Random title: 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

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54609 13.85%
Silver Clad 31650 8.03%
Coin Silver 23729 6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22592 5.73%
BN 22129 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21319 5.41%
RB 20515 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17751 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17379 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16477 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16425 4.17%
PQ 15263 3.87%
Rarity 15166 3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15104 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15048 3.82%
Incuse 14257 3.62%
Coin drop 14007 3.55%
High Relief 13946 3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13527 3.43%
Obverse or Face side 13247 3.36%