Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 923672 search inquires.

Selected title: Bar

Explanation: A non-numismatic form of precious metal bullion, usually an 'ingot' shaped as a rectangle. Gold and silver bars vary in size from 1 gram up to thousands of ounces

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54088	14.04%
Silver Clad	31236	8.11%
Coin Silver	23309	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22151	5.75%
BN	21650	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20956	5.44%
RB	20019	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17330	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16919	4.39%
Reeded Edge	16048	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16037	4.16%
PQ	14806	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14676	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14655	3.80%
Rarity	14595	3.79%
Incuse	13773	3.58%
High Relief	13537	3.51%
Coin drop	13527	3.51%
Reverse Cameo	13033	3.38%
Obverse or Face side	12818	3.33%