Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1075436 search inquires.

Selected title: Die Variety
Explanation: A variation of a design attributed to a particular die. For example, among United States cents of 1793 over a dozen different dies were used, all hand-cut, and each a different die variety

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55634  13.47%
Silver Clad 32526  7.87%
Coin Silver 24640  5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23539  5.70%
BN 23106  5.59%
Encapsulated Coin 22093  5.35%
RB 21570  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18562  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18487  4.48%
Reeded Edge 17383  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17211  4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16426  3.98%
Rarity 16345  3.96%
PQ 16128  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15854  3.84%
Incuse 15149  3.67%
Coin drop 14950  3.62%
High Relief 14797  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14477  3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14208  3.44%