Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 951148 search inquires.

Selected title: Specie

Explanation: Precious metal used to back money, usually gold and silver

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54461	13.90%
Silver Clad	31543	8.05%
Coin Silver	23624	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22477	5.74%
BN	22022	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21239	5.42%
RB	20384	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17630	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17256	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16362	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16328	4.17%
PQ	15130	3.86%
Rarity	15004	3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14962	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14943	3.81%
Incuse	14117	3.60%
Coin drop	13875	3.54%
High Relief	13839	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13407	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13113	3.35%