Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 887698 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)	53424	14.33%
Silver Clad	30682	8.23%
Coin Silver	22702	6.09%
Slabbed Coins	21548	5.78%
BN	20953	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20386	5.47%
RB	19354	5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16734	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16293	4.37%
Reeded Edge	15487	4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15428	4.14%
PQ	14229	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14091	3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14057	3.77%
Rarity	13821	3.71%
Incuse	13132	3.52%
High Relief	12967	3.48%
Coin drop	12951	3.47%
Reverse Cameo	12389	3.32%
Obverse or Face side	12257	3.29%