Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 955221 search inquires.

Selected title: Debase

Explanation: To reduce the amount of precious metal content in an issue of coins, thereby increasing the proportion of base metal contained

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54520	13.88%
Silver Clad	31586	8.04%
Coin Silver	23671	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22525	5.74%
BN	22068	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21271	5.42%
RB	20444	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17669	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17300	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16410	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16368	4.17%
PQ	15192	3.87%
Rarity	15065	3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15016	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14981	3.81%
Incuse	14185	3.61%
Coin drop	13928	3.55%
High Relief	13883	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13456	3.43%
Obverse or Face side	13167	3.35%