Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 963647 search inquires.

Selected title: Bilingual
Explanation: Refers to the inscription on a coin that is in two languages

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54628  13.84%
Silver Clad 31669  8.03%
Coin Silver 23744  6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22610  5.73%
BN 22150  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21331  5.41%
RB 20534  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17769  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17396  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16492  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16441  4.17%
PQ 15278  3.87%
Rarity 15188  3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15120  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15065  3.82%
Incuse 14276  3.62%
Coin drop 14025  3.55%
High Relief 13960  3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13546  3.43%
Obverse or Face side 13268  3.36%