Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1122924 search inquires.

Selected title: Coin World

Explanation: One of the most popular coin collecting weekly paper/magazine for collectors of US coins, established in 1960

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	56060	13.24%
Silver Clad	32951	7.78%
Coin Silver	25020	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23949	5.66%
BN	23506	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22455	5.30%
RB	21958	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18928	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18890	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17766	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17575	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	17001	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16934	4.00%
Rarity	16818	3.97%
PQ	16499	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16176	3.82%
Incuse	15522	3.67%
Coin drop	15365	3.63%
High Relief	15145	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14888	3.52%