Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1135034 search inquires.

Selected title: Plugged
Explanation: Denotes that a holed coin has been filled

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56157 13.20%
Silver Clad 33048 7.77%
Coin Silver 25133 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24059 5.66%
BN 23590 5.54%
Encapsulated Coin 22539 5.30%
RB 22050 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19043 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18963 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17858 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17656 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17079 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17055 4.01%
Rarity 16944 3.98%
PQ 16587 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16271 3.82%
Incuse 15625 3.67%
Coin drop 15487 3.64%
High Relief 15239 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14988 3.52%