Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1111115 search inquires.

Selected title: Debase

Explanation: To reduce the amount of precious metal content in an issue of coins, thereby increasing the proportion of base metal contained

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55969	13.27%
Silver Clad	32872	7.79%
Coin Silver	24926	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23861	5.66%
BN	23432	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22371	5.30%
RB	21871	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18853	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18824	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17678	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17488	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	16942	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16823	3.99%
Rarity	16722	3.96%
PQ	16415	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16118	3.82%
Incuse	15445	3.66%
Coin drop	15274	3.62%
High Relief	15061	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14806	3.51%