Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1102802 search inquires.

Random title: FAO
Explanation: Food Agricultural Organization of United Nations: the most famous organization fighting for the production of more food for the poorest countries suffering still today a persevering undernutrition. The first coin has been issued by the Bolivian Government in 1968 and after that, many countries issued a lot of other coins. Actually there are over 1,600 coins which celebrate this very important World Association, struck by about 140 nations all around the World. All these coins included common divisional currency as well as silver and gold coins. There're also some rarity as pattern and piefort pieces which are more rare and surely not cheap

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55889  13.30%
Silver Clad 32796  7.80%
Coin Silver 24849  5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23774  5.66%
BN 23354  5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22295  5.31%
RB 21801  5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18773  4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18765  4.47%
Reeded Edge 17605  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17411  4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16872  4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16715  3.98%
Rarity 16633  3.96%
PQ 16348  3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16041  3.82%
Incuse 15366  3.66%
Coin drop 15192  3.62%
High Relief 15001  3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14736  3.51%