Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1108465 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)	55943	13.28%
Silver Clad	32847	7.80%
Coin Silver	24903	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23837	5.66%
BN	23408	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22345	5.30%
RB	21849	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18825	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18804	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17657	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17464	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	16917	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16785	3.98%
Rarity	16685	3.96%
PQ	16392	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16086	3.82%
Incuse	15414	3.66%
Coin drop	15244	3.62%
High Relief	15044	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14785	3.51%