Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1037137 search inquires.

Selected title: Die Number

Explanation: Usually a small mark in the form of a number on a die, and therefore any coins struck from it, to show which die produced the coin. Probably used in experiments to determine the best form of treatment in the production of dies. Dies are expensive to produce, but can frequently break or wear causing delays and extra cost in production of coins

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55263	13.60%
Silver Clad	32204	7.92%
Coin Silver	24299	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23219	5.71%
BN	22788	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21815	5.37%
RB	21257	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18256	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17990	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17045	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16907	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15978	3.93%
Rarity	15958	3.93%
PQ	15809	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15555	3.83%
Incuse	14865	3.66%
Coin drop	14595	3.59%
High Relief	14488	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	14169	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13903	3.42%