Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 918297 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) 54022 14.08%
Silver Clad 31179 8.12%
Coin Silver 23241 6.06%
Slabbed Coins 22082 5.75%
BN 21577 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20887 5.44%
RB 19945 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17261 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16856 4.39%
Reeded Edge 15969 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15957 4.16%
PQ 14745 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14608 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14578 3.80%
Rarity 14520 3.78%
Incuse 13702 3.57%
High Relief 13469 3.51%
Coin drop 13461 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12955 3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12752 3.32%