Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 931533 search inquires.

Selected title: Currency

Explanation: Refers to coins and paper money that are legal tender. However, many people use the word currency for paper money only

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54204	14.00%
Silver Clad	31331	8.09%
Coin Silver	23403	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22234	5.74%
BN	21772	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21038	5.43%
RB	20120	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17427	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17032	4.40%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16141	4.17%
Reeded Edge	16135	4.17%
PQ	14897	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14747	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14746	3.81%
Rarity	14714	3.80%
Incuse	13880	3.59%
High Relief	13634	3.52%
Coin drop	13625	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13155	3.40%
Obverse or Face side	12904	3.33%