Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1034158 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) 55237 13.60%
Silver Clad 32189 7.93%
Coin Silver 24278 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23197 5.71%
BN 22774 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21800 5.37%
RB 21236 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18239 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17970 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17029 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16900 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15955 3.93%
Rarity 15919 3.92%
PQ 15797 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15536 3.83%
Incuse 14847 3.66%
Coin drop 14574 3.59%
High Relief 14470 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14151 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13877 3.42%