Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1066894 search inquires.

Selected title: Filler
Explanation: A coin used to 'fill in' the place in a collection until a better grade coin can be found or purchased to take its place. Often a low grade or damaged coin may be used as a filler until a nice one can be found

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55548  13.50%
Silver Clad 32454  7.89%
Coin Silver 24563  5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23448  5.70%
BN 23023  5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22026  5.35%
RB 21494  5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18496  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18308  4.45%
Reeded Edge 17309  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17134  4.17%
Rarity 16250  3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16234  3.95%
PQ 16048  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15778  3.84%
Incuse 15073  3.66%
Coin drop 14873  3.62%
High Relief 14725  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14397  3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14138  3.44%