Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 976392 search inquires.

Selected title: Choice

Explanation: An adjective used to describe an especially selected speciment of a given grade. Thus, Choice EF-45 represents an especially selected Extremely Fine coin (normal or typical Extremely Fine being EF-40)

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54764	13.80%
Silver Clad	31767	8.00%
Coin Silver	23857	6.01%
Slabbed Coins	22747	5.73%
BN	22298	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21436	5.40%
RB	20681	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17865	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17526	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16604	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16550	4.17%
PQ	15399	3.88%
Rarity	15342	3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15250	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15179	3.82%
Incuse	14420	3.63%
Coin drop	14138	3.56%
High Relief	14079	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13678	3.45%
Obverse or Face side	13390	3.37%