Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1013155 search inquires.

Selected title: High Relief
Explanation: A coin with deep concave fields due to highly raised designs. High relief coins require extra pressure to be fully struck and are difficult to stack

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55055 13.66%
Silver Clad 32033 7.95%
Coin Silver 24122 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23022 5.71%
BN 22616 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21662 5.38%
RB 21034 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18115 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17834 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16872 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16781 4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15824 3.93%
Rarity 15686 3.89%
PQ 15641 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15406 3.82%
Incuse 14703 3.65%
Coin drop 14425 3.58%
High Relief 14338 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 13998 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13705 3.40%