Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1016498 search inquires.

Selected title: Grading standards

Explanation: A set of criteria indicating how much wear a coin shows

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55083	13.65%
Silver Clad	32058	7.95%
Coin Silver	24145	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	23064	5.72%
BN	22638	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21681	5.37%
RB	21076	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18134	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17858	4.43%
Reeded Edge	16896	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16800	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15843	3.93%
Rarity	15744	3.90%
PQ	15671	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15428	3.82%
Incuse	14730	3.65%
Coin drop	14446	3.58%
High Relief	14358	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	14018	3.47%
Obverse or Face side	13737	3.41%