Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1010113 search inquires.

Selected title: High Relief
Explanation: A coin with deep concave fields due to highly raised designs. High relief coins require extra pressure to be fully struck and are difficult to stack

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55028 13.67%
Silver Clad 32011 7.96%
Coin Silver 24101 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23004 5.72%
BN 22588 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21641 5.38%
RB 21004 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18099 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17808 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16851 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16758 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15803 3.93%
Rarity 15659 3.89%
PQ 15624 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15385 3.82%
Incuse 14677 3.65%
Coin drop 14400 3.58%
High Relief 14315 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 13970 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13649 3.39%