Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 936090 search inquires.

Selected title: Base Metal

Explanation: A non-precious metal, such as copper, nickle or zinc

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54264	13.98%
Silver Clad	31376	8.08%
Coin Silver	23452	6.04%
Slabbed Coins	22284	5.74%
BN	21829	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21088	5.43%
RB	20181	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17481	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17090	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16191	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16185	4.17%
PQ	14953	3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14801	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14793	3.81%
Rarity	14787	3.81%
Incuse	13924	3.59%
High Relief	13677	3.52%
Coin drop	13676	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13218	3.40%
Obverse or Face side	12952	3.34%