Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 994003 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)	54900	13.73%
Silver Clad	31903	7.98%
Coin Silver	23976	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	22885	5.72%
BN	22448	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21542	5.39%
RB	20856	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17987	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17676	4.42%
Reeded Edge	16739	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16655	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15682	3.92%
PQ	15506	3.88%
Rarity	15506	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15282	3.82%
Incuse	14561	3.64%
Coin drop	14281	3.57%
High Relief	14203	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13836	3.46%
Obverse or Face side	13514	3.38%