Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1079895 search inquires.

Selected title: Bear market

Explanation: A period when people are selling things off - when the outlook seems grim and there isn't much hope in the horizon. Prices go down on a regular basis

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55676	13.45%
Silver Clad	32591	7.87%
Coin Silver	24683	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	23583	5.70%
BN	23175	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22138	5.35%
RB	21612	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18605	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18521	4.47%
Reeded Edge	17422	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17251	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16466	3.98%
Rarity	16398	3.96%
PQ	16164	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15888	3.84%
Incuse	15187	3.67%
Coin drop	14997	3.62%
High Relief	14835	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14537	3.51%
Obverse or Face side	14244	3.44%