Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1120011 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)	56038	13.25%
Silver Clad	32940	7.79%
Coin Silver	24995	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23930	5.66%
BN	23487	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22437	5.30%
RB	21936	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18915	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18870	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17751	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17549	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	16990	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16907	4.00%
Rarity	16794	3.97%
PQ	16474	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16162	3.82%
Incuse	15502	3.66%
Coin drop	15344	3.63%
High Relief	15128	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14862	3.51%