Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1133035 search inquires.

Selected title: Type Coin
Explanation: A 'type' coin is a representative example of a particular coin series, but not one of the rarest and most valuable specimens from that series. It is usually one of the more common dates

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56140 13.21%
Silver Clad 33029 7.77%
Coin Silver 25118 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24047 5.66%
BN 23583 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22528 5.30%
RB 22036 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19019 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18956 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17844 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17646 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17064 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17036 4.01%
Rarity 16925 3.98%
PQ 16571 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16262 3.83%
Incuse 15607 3.67%
Coin drop 15470 3.64%
High Relief 15222 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14976 3.52%