Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1092392 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) 55799 13.33%
Silver Clad 32716 7.81%
Coin Silver 24779 5.92%
Slabbed Coins 23693 5.66%
BN 23287 5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22223 5.31%
RB 21714 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18701 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18694 4.47%
Reeded Edge 17521 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17338 4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16801 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16610 3.97%
Rarity 16543 3.95%
PQ 16263 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15980 3.82%
Incuse 15291 3.65%
Coin drop 15112 3.61%
High Relief 14935 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14652 3.50%