Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1072839 search inquires.

Random title: Piece of Eight

Explanation: A former Spanish coin with a face value of eight reales; the U.S. dollar was originally valued at and tied to eight reales

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55602	13.48%
Silver Clad	32501	7.88%
Coin Silver	24619	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23511	5.70%
BN	23087	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22074	5.35%
RB	21543	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18541	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18452	4.47%
Reeded Edge	17358	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17180	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16394	3.97%
Rarity	16317	3.95%
PQ	16106	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15824	3.84%
Incuse	15123	3.67%
Coin drop	14927	3.62%
High Relief	14772	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14452	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14188	3.44%