Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1069623 search inquires.

Selected title: Type Set
Explanation: A collection of coins of various designs; rather than try to complete the series, the goal of the type collector is to obtain at least one example of several different types

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55572 13.49%
Silver Clad 32477 7.88%
Coin Silver 24587 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23478 5.70%
BN 23057 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22048 5.35%
RB 21520 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18518 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18424 4.47%
Reeded Edge 17336 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17157 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16355 3.97%
Rarity 16279 3.95%
PQ 16073 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15800 3.83%
Incuse 15099 3.66%
Coin drop 14893 3.61%
High Relief 14746 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14425 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14165 3.44%