Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1030890 search inquires.

Selected title: Colonial

Explanation: A coin issued by any colony; frequently refers to those produced by European colonies in the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most were made of copper and in small denominations

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55196	13.61%
Silver Clad	32154	7.93%
Coin Silver	24243	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23168	5.71%
BN	22740	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21771	5.37%
RB	21197	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18216	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17944	4.43%
Reeded Edge	16998	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16870	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15925	3.93%
Rarity	15877	3.92%
PQ	15767	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15511	3.83%
Incuse	14822	3.66%
Coin drop	14539	3.59%
High Relief	14438	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	14126	3.48%
Obverse or Face side	13848	3.42%