Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1056601 search inquires.

Selected title: Precious metal

Explanation: Metals of value, typically gold, silver, platinum. However, can include palladium and rhodium

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55454	13.54%
Silver Clad	32362	7.90%
Coin Silver	24467	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23367	5.71%
BN	22955	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21952	5.36%
RB	21407	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18424	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18132	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17218	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17048	4.16%
Rarity	16164	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16142	3.94%
PQ	15958	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15704	3.83%
Incuse	15000	3.66%
Coin drop	14774	3.61%
High Relief	14627	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14312	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	14056	3.43%