Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 935352 search inquires.

Selected title: Legal Tender
Explanation: Money that may be legally offered in payment of an obligation and that a creditor must accept. The legal tender value of a coin is the value placed on it by the government and it may be different than the intrinsic value (bullion value) or collector value

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54255 13.98%
Silver Clad 31362 8.08%
Coin Silver 23440 6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22273 5.74%
BN 21812 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21078 5.43%
RB 20169 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17473 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17075 4.40%
Reeded Edge 16178 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16175 4.17%
PQ 14945 3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14784 3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14782 3.81%
Rarity 14770 3.81%
Incuse 13913 3.59%
High Relief 13670 3.52%
Coin drop 13667 3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13210 3.40%
Obverse or Face side 12944 3.34%