Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1008704 search inquires.

Selected title: Diameter

Explanation: The dimension of a coin across its widest part in a line through its centre. Non-circular coins may have more than one value for their diameter

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55014	13.68%
Silver Clad	32002	7.96%
Coin Silver	24089	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	22989	5.72%
BN	22568	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21635	5.38%
RB	20990	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18087	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17795	4.42%
Reeded Edge	16840	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16747	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15795	3.93%
Rarity	15638	3.89%
PQ	15616	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15371	3.82%
Incuse	14665	3.65%
Coin drop	14393	3.58%
High Relief	14307	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	13956	3.47%
Obverse or Face side	13642	3.39%