Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1056350 search inquires.

Random title: Tin
Explanation: A soft grey metallic element which has occasionally been used for coins, and is also a constituent of bronze which has often been used as a coin alloy, and often wrongly called copper

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55450  13.54%
Silver Clad 32358  7.90%
Coin Silver 24464  5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23363  5.71%
BN 22954  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21949  5.36%
RB 21400  5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18419  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18130  4.43%
Reeded Edge 17214  4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17046  4.16%
Rarity 16164  3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16139  3.94%
PQ 15956  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15701  3.83%
Incuse 14999  3.66%
Coin drop 14767  3.61%
High Relief 14625  3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14310  3.49%
Obverse or Face side 14051  3.43%