Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1057888 search inquires.

Selected title: Piedfort

Explanation: A specially struck coin which is much thicker and heavier than normal, often exactly twice the normal weight. From French, literally means heavy weight

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55472	13.54%
Silver Clad	32372	7.90%
Coin Silver	24479	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23375	5.70%
BN	22967	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21960	5.36%
RB	21413	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18429	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18140	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17227	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17058	4.16%
Rarity	16178	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16154	3.94%
PQ	15964	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15710	3.83%
Incuse	15008	3.66%
Coin drop	14788	3.61%
High Relief	14644	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14318	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	14064	3.43%