Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1081975 search inquires.

Selected title: Contemporary counterfeit
Explanation: A coin, usually base metal, struck from crudely engraved dies and made to pass for face value at the time of its creation. Sometimes such counterfeits are collected along with the genuine coins, especially in the case of American Colonial issues

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55693  13.44%
Silver Clad 32604  7.87%
Coin Silver 24701  5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23594  5.70%
BN 23189  5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22152  5.35%
RB 21626  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18616  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18540  4.48%
Reeded Edge 17438  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17259  4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16479  3.98%
Rarity 16413  3.96%
PQ 16179  3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15899  3.84%
Incuse 15202  3.67%
Coin drop 15011  3.62%
High Relief 14843  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14557  3.51%
Obverse or Face side 14255  3.44%