Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 929683 search inquires.

Selected title: Device

Explanation: The main design, such as portrait, shield or heraldic emblem, on the obverse of a coin, token or medal

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54171	14.01%
Silver Clad	31314	8.10%
Coin Silver	23381	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22220	5.75%
BN	21739	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21018	5.43%
RB	20103	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17402	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17006	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16114	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16101	4.16%
PQ	14875	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14735	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14720	3.81%
Rarity	14693	3.80%
Incuse	13856	3.58%
High Relief	13612	3.52%
Coin drop	13601	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13128	3.39%
Obverse or Face side	12887	3.33%