Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 920576 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) 54054 14.06%
Silver Clad 31201 8.12%
Coin Silver 23274 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22111 5.75%
BN 21614 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20928 5.44%
RB 19983 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17290 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16887 4.39%
Reeded Edge 16009 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15990 4.16%
PQ 14775 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14644 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14619 3.80%
Rarity 14560 3.79%
Incuse 13737 3.57%
High Relief 13500 3.51%
Coin drop 13490 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12991 3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12782 3.32%