Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 967969 search inquires.

Selected title: Numismatics
Explanation: The science, study or collecting of coins, paper money, tokens, medallions, orders and similar objects exchanged for goods and services or manufactured by similar methods

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54669  13.83%
Silver Clad 31693  8.02%
Coin Silver 23787  6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22647  5.73%
BN 22194  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21358  5.40%
RB 20573  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17799  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17430  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16521  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16469  4.17%
PQ 15318  3.87%
Rarity 15234  3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15148  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15091  3.82%
Incuse 14320  3.62%
Coin drop 14052  3.55%
High Relief 13994  3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13591  3.44%
Obverse or Face side 13310  3.37%