Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1110582 search inquires.

Random title: Hobo Nickel

Explanation: A coin (usually a U.S. Buffalo nickel) physically altered to produce a substantially different image

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55967	13.27%
Silver Clad	32870	7.79%
Coin Silver	24924	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23858	5.66%
BN	23429	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22365	5.30%
RB	21869	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18848	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18822	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17676	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17485	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	16940	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16820	3.99%
Rarity	16719	3.96%
PQ	16412	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16113	3.82%
Incuse	15443	3.66%
Coin drop	15270	3.62%
High Relief	15060	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14804	3.51%