Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 945149 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)	54368	13.93%
Silver Clad	31478	8.06%
Coin Silver	23555	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22415	5.74%
BN	21949	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21177	5.42%
RB	20304	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17571	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17189	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16296	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16264	4.17%
PQ	15053	3.86%
Rarity	14914	3.82%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14892	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14878	3.81%
Incuse	14042	3.60%
Coin drop	13800	3.54%
High Relief	13775	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13329	3.41%
Obverse or Face side	13045	3.34%