Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 920562 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) 54049 14.06%
Silver Clad 31196 8.11%
Coin Silver 23270 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22106 5.75%
BN 21610 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20922 5.44%
RB 19974 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17284 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16880 4.39%
Reeded Edge 16000 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15984 4.16%
PQ 14770 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14640 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14614 3.80%
Rarity 14553 3.79%
Incuse 13730 3.57%
High Relief 13494 3.51%
Coin drop 13484 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12987 3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12777 3.32%