Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 997815 search inquires.

Selected title: Commemorative

Explanation: Coin issued by the government to celebrate and honour an outstanding person, place, or event in history. These coins are extremely popular with collectors

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54920	13.71%
Silver Clad	31927	7.97%
Coin Silver	24001	5.99%
Slabbed Coins	22912	5.72%
BN	22475	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21563	5.38%
RB	20887	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18005	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17701	4.42%
Reeded Edge	16758	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16674	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15705	3.92%
PQ	15533	3.88%
Rarity	15533	3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15298	3.82%
Incuse	14587	3.64%
Coin drop	14304	3.57%
High Relief	14224	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13860	3.46%
Obverse or Face side	13538	3.38%