Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1124804 search inquires.

Selected title: Grading standards

Explanation: A set of criteria indicating how much wear a coin shows

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	56073	13.23%
Silver Clad	32965	7.78%
Coin Silver	25037	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23969	5.66%
BN	23518	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22463	5.30%
RB	21968	5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18941	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18901	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17782	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17590	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	17013	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16950	4.00%
Rarity	16830	3.97%
PQ	16512	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16196	3.82%
Incuse	15536	3.67%
Coin drop	15388	3.63%
High Relief	15156	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14901	3.52%