Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1046269 search inquires.

Selected title: Fleur de Coin
Explanation: A perfect or virtually perfect coin. Fully struck up. No Contact- or other Detracting Marks visible with the naked eye, and only minute superficial imperfections, relating to the manufacturing process rather than any other cause, may be visible under magnification. Fully Lustre or Mint Bloom is present. It is a completely flawless mint state coin with nothing forgiven

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55365  13.57%
Silver Clad 32294  7.91%
Coin Silver 24377  5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23309  5.71%
BN 22881  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21887  5.36%
RB 21334  5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18362  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18066  4.43%
Reeded Edge 17138  4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16985  4.16%
Rarity 16074  3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16056  3.93%
PQ 15884  3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15633  3.83%
Incuse 14944  3.66%
Coin drop 14688  3.60%
High Relief 14563  3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14244  3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13982  3.43%