Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 950168 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)	54453	13.91%
Silver Clad	31537	8.05%
Coin Silver	23615	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22469	5.74%
BN	22016	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21234	5.42%
RB	20377	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17624	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17248	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16355	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16322	4.17%
PQ	15120	3.86%
Rarity	14996	3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14954	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14937	3.81%
Incuse	14111	3.60%
Coin drop	13869	3.54%
High Relief	13835	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13400	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13105	3.35%