Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 939661 search inquires.

Selected title: Medal

Explanation: A coin-like object struck to honor one or more persons or events depicted or mentioned in its design; it looks like a commemorative coin, but it doesn't have value on it and it can be struck by private mints

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54305	13.96%
Silver Clad	31418	8.07%
Coin Silver	23493	6.04%
Slabbed Coins	22344	5.74%
BN	21879	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21130	5.43%
RB	20232	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17517	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17133	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16235	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16218	4.17%
PQ	14996	3.85%
Rarity	14843	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14841	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14829	3.81%
Incuse	13973	3.59%
Coin drop	13729	3.53%
High Relief	13717	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13266	3.41%
Obverse or Face side	12988	3.34%