Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 955474 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54522	13.88%
Silver Clad	31589	8.04%
Coin Silver	23673	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22531	5.74%
BN	22072	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21272	5.42%
RB	20449	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17670	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17304	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16415	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16369	4.17%
PQ	15197	3.87%
Rarity	15071	3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15020	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14984	3.81%
Incuse	14190	3.61%
Coin drop	13933	3.55%
High Relief	13886	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13458	3.43%
Obverse or Face side	13172	3.35%