Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1068070 search inquires.

Selected title: Bag Mark

Explanation: A surface mark, usually in the form of a nick, acquired by a coin when it came in contact with others in a mint bag. Bag marks are most common on large and heavy silver and gold coins (also known as contact marks or keg marks)

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55554	13.50%
Silver Clad	32464	7.89%
Coin Silver	24575	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23457	5.70%
BN	23036	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22033	5.35%
RB	21502	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18501	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18316	4.45%
Reeded Edge	17320	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17142	4.17%
Rarity	16263	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16246	3.95%
PQ	16057	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15786	3.84%
Incuse	15081	3.66%
Coin drop	14880	3.62%
High Relief	14732	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14410	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14150	3.44%