Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1017367 search inquires.

Selected title: E-gold
Explanation: E-gold is gold itself, circulated electronically... it's the ultimate worldwide free market currency. You can use it to make purchases, save it, or sell it. It's a way of converting some of your "paper money" into gold, silver, or platinum...... and still be able to use it as you need to

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55088 13.65%
Silver Clad 32062 7.95%
Coin Silver 24148 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23069 5.72%
BN 22643 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21683 5.37%
RB 21081 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18136 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17861 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16898 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16808 4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15846 3.93%
Rarity 15754 3.90%
PQ 15673 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15430 3.82%
Incuse 14735 3.65%
Coin drop 14448 3.58%
High Relief 14361 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14025 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13742 3.41%