Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 950741 search inquires.

Selected title: Classic Era

Explanation: The term describing the period from 1792 until 1964 when silver and gold coins of the United States were issued. (Gold coins, of course, were not minted after 1933)

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54461	13.90%
Silver Clad	31543	8.05%
Coin Silver	23624	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22477	5.74%
BN	22022	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21239	5.42%
RB	20384	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17630	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17256	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16362	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16328	4.17%
PQ	15130	3.86%
Rarity	15004	3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14962	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14943	3.81%
Incuse	14117	3.60%
Coin drop	13875	3.54%
High Relief	13839	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13407	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13113	3.35%