Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1127789 search inquires.

Selected title: Gouges
Explanation: Heavy marks on a coin where the metal was gouged out from coming in contact with something. Typically worse than 'contact marks' or 'bag marks'

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56099 13.22%
Silver Clad 32991 7.78%
Coin Silver 25075 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23996 5.66%
BN 23544 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22491 5.30%
RB 21999 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18975 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18927 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17809 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17613 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17030 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16989 4.00%
Rarity 16862 3.97%
PQ 16535 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16231 3.83%
Incuse 15570 3.67%
Coin drop 15416 3.63%
High Relief 15184 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14935 3.52%