Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1038019 search inquires.

Selected title: Medium of Exchange

Explanation: Something accepted by people as having a certain value that is used to exchange or trade. Often coins and paper money are used as mediums of exchange, but it can be anything

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55280	13.59%
Silver Clad	32218	7.92%
Coin Silver	24312	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23235	5.71%
BN	22801	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21827	5.37%
RB	21269	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18278	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18002	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17059	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16923	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15993	3.93%
Rarity	15975	3.93%
PQ	15817	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15571	3.83%
Incuse	14879	3.66%
Coin drop	14613	3.59%
High Relief	14496	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	14181	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13920	3.42%