Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1071984 search inquires.

Selected title: Die Clash
Explanation: Upper and lower dies coming together in a coin press without a planchet between them; design details may be partially impressed in the opposite dies and subsequently as mirror images on coins struck from the clashed dies

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55594  13.48%
Silver Clad 32492  7.88%
Coin Silver 24611  5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23504  5.70%
BN 23079  5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22068  5.35%
RB 21537  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18535  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18442  4.47%
Reeded Edge 17351  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17175  4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16386  3.97%
Rarity 16309  3.95%
PQ 16102  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15817  3.84%
Incuse 15118  3.67%
Coin drop 14922  3.62%
High Relief 14768  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14442  3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14180  3.44%