Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1109547 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55954	13.28%
Silver Clad	32859	7.80%
Coin Silver	24907	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23841	5.66%
BN	23411	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22351	5.30%
RB	21857	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18834	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18807	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17664	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17471	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	16929	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16799	3.99%
Rarity	16698	3.96%
PQ	16399	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16092	3.82%
Incuse	15425	3.66%
Coin drop	15255	3.62%
High Relief	15049	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14791	3.51%