Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1009840 search inquires.

Selected title: Provenance mark

Explanation: A mark which shows the origin of the metal, usually gold or silver, from which the coin was produced

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55025	13.68%
Silver Clad	32009	7.96%
Coin Silver	24099	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	23002	5.72%
BN	22587	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21639	5.38%
RB	21003	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18098	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17805	4.43%
Reeded Edge	16850	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16756	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15800	3.93%
Rarity	15653	3.89%
PQ	15621	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15382	3.82%
Incuse	14676	3.65%
Coin drop	14397	3.58%
High Relief	14314	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	13968	3.47%
Obverse or Face side	13648	3.39%