Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1136214 search inquires.

Selected title: Colonial
Explanation: A coin issued by any colony; frequently refers to those produced by European colonies in the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most were made of copper and in small denominations

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56175 13.20%
Silver Clad 33057 7.77%
Coin Silver 25142 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24069 5.66%
BN 23602 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22548 5.30%
RB 22062 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19052 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18974 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17871 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17667 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17085 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17068 4.01%
Rarity 16960 3.99%
PQ 16593 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16283 3.83%
Incuse 15632 3.67%
Coin drop 15495 3.64%
High Relief 15248 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15001 3.52%