Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1006221 search inquires.

Selected title: Die Crack

Explanation: A narrow fissure in the surface of a die; coins struck with such a die have a narrow raised line corresponding to the crack

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55000	13.69%
Silver Clad	31990	7.96%
Coin Silver	24072	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	22974	5.72%
BN	22551	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21619	5.38%
RB	20973	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18068	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17781	4.42%
Reeded Edge	16820	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16736	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15780	3.93%
Rarity	15617	3.89%
PQ	15599	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15353	3.82%
Incuse	14649	3.65%
Coin drop	14368	3.58%
High Relief	14293	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	13938	3.47%
Obverse or Face side	13617	3.39%