Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1050524 search inquires.

Selected title: Pick-up Point
Explanation: An area where a feature, such as die doubling, is most evident

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55410 13.56%
Silver Clad 32327 7.91%
Coin Silver 24418 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23333 5.71%
BN 22906 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 21908 5.36%
RB 21360 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18381 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18097 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17168 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17008 4.16%
Rarity 16119 3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16094 3.94%
PQ 15914 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15666 3.83%
Incuse 14966 3.66%
Coin drop 14722 3.60%
High Relief 14585 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14267 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 14013 3.43%