Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1093406 search inquires.

Selected title: Disme

Explanation: One tenth of a dollar. The early spelling of the word 'dime'

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55811	13.32%
Silver Clad	32726	7.81%
Coin Silver	24790	5.92%
Slabbed Coins	23707	5.66%
BN	23296	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22231	5.31%
RB	21722	5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18709	4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18704	4.47%
Reeded Edge	17532	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17345	4.14%
Obverse or Face side	16811	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16619	3.97%
Rarity	16553	3.95%
PQ	16275	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15994	3.82%
Incuse	15298	3.65%
Coin drop	15120	3.61%
High Relief	14940	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14667	3.50%