Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1076414 search inquires.

Selected title: Duodecimal
Explanation: A coinage or monetary system having twelve minor denominations per major denomination, for example there used to be twelve British pennies to the shilling

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55640 13.47%
Silver Clad 32529 7.87%
Coin Silver 24646 5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23542 5.70%
BN 23112 5.59%
Encapsulated Coin 22098 5.35%
RB 21575 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18565 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18491 4.48%
Reeded Edge 17388 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17212 4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16432 3.98%
Rarity 16352 3.96%
PQ 16133 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15856 3.84%
Incuse 15153 3.67%
Coin drop 14955 3.62%
High Relief 14801 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14486 3.51%
Obverse or Face side 14212 3.44%