Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1071728 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) 55591 13.48%
Silver Clad 32492 7.88%
Coin Silver 24610 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23501 5.70%
BN 23076 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22068 5.35%
RB 21534 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18533 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18442 4.47%
Reeded Edge 17350 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17175 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16384 3.97%
Rarity 16306 3.95%
PQ 16098 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15817 3.84%
Incuse 15114 3.66%
Coin drop 14917 3.62%
High Relief 14765 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14440 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14179 3.44%