Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1065872 search inquires.

Selected title: Die

Explanation: An engraved metal punch used to strike coins; A usually cylindrical piece of steel bearing at one end the incuse design of one side of a coin (except for coins with incuse detail, where the die details are in relief)

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55541	13.51%
Silver Clad	32449	7.89%
Coin Silver	24556	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23446	5.70%
BN	23023	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22022	5.36%
RB	21484	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18492	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18300	4.45%
Reeded Edge	17302	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17131	4.17%
Rarity	16243	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16225	3.95%
PQ	16041	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15775	3.84%
Incuse	15069	3.66%
Coin drop	14866	3.62%
High Relief	14723	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14391	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14134	3.44%