Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 957966 search inquires.

Selected title: Bag Mark

Explanation: A surface mark, usually in the form of a nick, acquired by a coin when it came in contact with others in a mint bag. Bag marks are most common on large and heavy silver and gold coins (also known as contact marks or keg marks)

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54548	13.87%
Silver Clad	31603	8.03%
Coin Silver	23688	6.02%
Slabbed Coins	22543	5.73%
BN	22088	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21282	5.41%
RB	20471	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17687	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17329	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16434	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16384	4.17%
PQ	15212	3.87%
Rarity	15096	3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15045	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14997	3.81%
Incuse	14209	3.61%
Coin drop	13945	3.55%
High Relief	13899	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13472	3.43%
Obverse or Face side	13188	3.35%