Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1097524 search inquires.

Selected title: Relief
Explanation: Any part of a coin design that is raised above the coin's surface is said to be in relief. It also represents the distance between the higher and the lowest place of the design of a coin (the opposite of relief is incuse)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55855  13.31%
Silver Clad 32755  7.81%
Coin Silver 24814  5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23735  5.66%
BN 23324  5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22257  5.31%
RB 21761  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18736  4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18730  4.46%
Reeded Edge 17563  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17376  4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16839  4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16654  3.97%
Rarity 16588  3.95%
PQ 16305  3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16015  3.82%
Incuse 15329  3.65%
Coin drop 15148  3.61%
High Relief 14963  3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14692  3.50%