Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 969586 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

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54692  13.82%
Silver Clad 31716  8.01%
Coin Silver 23799  6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22671  5.73%
BN 22227  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21379  5.40%
RB 20604  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17820  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17458  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16547  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16496  4.17%
PQ 15342  3.88%
Rarity 15269  3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15176  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15110  3.82%
Incuse 14350  3.63%
Coin drop 14075  3.56%
High Relief 14023  3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13614  3.44%
Obverse or Face side 13337  3.37%