Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1127984 search inquires.

Random title: Galvano
Explanation: An epoxy coated plaster relief model of a coin, token or medal created by electrodeposition (much larger than the dies later created from it)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56102 13.22%
Silver Clad 32992 7.78%
Coin Silver 25078 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23998 5.66%
BN 23548 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22493 5.30%
RB 22001 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18978 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18929 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17811 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17614 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17033 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16993 4.00%
Rarity 16864 3.97%
PQ 16537 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16232 3.83%
Incuse 15571 3.67%
Coin drop 15424 3.63%
High Relief 15186 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14936 3.52%