Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1064577 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) 55533  13.51%
Silver Clad 32440  7.89%
Coin Silver 24546  5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23434  5.70%
BN 23017  5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22011  5.36%
RB 21478  5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18489  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18294  4.45%
Reeded Edge 17292  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17118  4.16%
Rarity 16233  3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16218  3.95%
PQ 16030  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15767  3.84%
Incuse 15060  3.66%
Coin drop 14858  3.61%
High Relief 14710  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14381  3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14124  3.44%