Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 928298 search inquires.

Selected title: 19XX-S
Explanation: X's are used where a portion of the date or the mintmark are not present. In this example, 19XX-S, the '19' and 'S' mintmark are present on the coin, but the last two digits of the date are not

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54158 14.01%
Silver Clad 31306 8.10%
Coin Silver 23373 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22212 5.75%
BN 21731 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21011 5.44%
RB 20089 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17393 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16997 4.40%
Reeded Edge 16105 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16094 4.16%
PQ 14866 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14728 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14713 3.81%
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