Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1107036 search inquires.

Selected title: Electrum

Explanation: A naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, used in the very earliest Greek coins. It's name comes from the Greek word elektron meaning amber, because of its pale yellow colour

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55925	13.28%
Silver Clad	32832	7.80%
Coin Silver	24894	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23817	5.66%
BN	23392	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22333	5.30%
RB	21841	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18817	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18794	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17647	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17450	4.14%
Obverse or Face side	16906	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16772	3.98%
Rarity	16668	3.96%
PQ	16382	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16076	3.82%
Incuse	15404	3.66%
Coin drop	15226	3.62%
High Relief	15032	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14771	3.51%