Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1028791 search inquires.

Random title: Numismatics
Explanation: The science, study or collecting of coins, paper money, tokens, medallions, orders and similar objects exchanged for goods and services or manufactured by similar methods

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55186 13.62%
Silver Clad 32143 7.93%
Coin Silver 24225 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23159 5.72%
BN 22735 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21757 5.37%
RB 21189 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18206 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17935 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16986 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16862 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15915 3.93%
Rarity 15862 3.92%
PQ 15751 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15504 3.83%
Incuse 14810 3.66%
Coin drop 14531 3.59%
High Relief 14428 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14109 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13833 3.41%