Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1070983 search inquires.

Selected title: Classic Era

Explanation: The term describing the period from 1792 until 1964 when silver and gold coins of the United States were issued. (Gold coins, of course, were not minted after 1933)

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55587	13.48%
Silver Clad	32490	7.88%
Coin Silver	24602	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23497	5.70%
BN	23070	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22063	5.35%
RB	21531	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18530	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18434	4.47%
Reeded Edge	17344	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17172	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16372	3.97%
Rarity	16295	3.95%
PQ	16086	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15814	3.84%
Incuse	15110	3.67%
Coin drop	14911	3.62%
High Relief	14760	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14436	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14173	3.44%