Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 905343 search inquires.

Selected title: Spade

Explanation: Referring to the shape of a shield occuring in the design of a coin. British 'spade', sometimes 'spade ace' guineas are so called for this reason

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	53761	14.19%
Silver Clad	30955	8.17%
Coin Silver	22997	6.07%
Slabbed Coins	21837	5.76%
BN	21299	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20649	5.45%
RB	19689	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17021	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16609	4.38%
Reeded Edge	15746	4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15720	4.15%
PQ	14507	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14373	3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14336	3.78%
Rarity	14226	3.75%
Incuse	13435	3.55%
Coin drop	13232	3.49%
High Relief	13225	3.49%
Reverse Cameo	12700	3.35%
Obverse or Face side	12520	3.30%