Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1106966 search inquires.

Selected title: Electrum

Explanation: A naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, used in the very earliest Greek coins. It's name comes from the Greek word elektron meaning amber, because of its pale yellow colour

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55917	13.28%
Silver Clad	32826	7.80%
Coin Silver	24889	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23813	5.66%
BN	23388	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22327	5.30%
RB	21838	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18816	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18791	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17642	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17446	4.14%
Obverse or Face side	16903	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16768	3.98%
Rarity	16663	3.96%
PQ	16376	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16074	3.82%
Incuse	15401	3.66%
Coin drop	15222	3.62%
High Relief	15025	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14767	3.51%