Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 642373 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)	37632	13.31%
Silver Clad	26916	9.52%
Coin Silver	19071	6.75%
BN	16930	5.99%
Encapsulated Coin	16332	5.78%
Slabbed Coins	15966	5.65%
RB	15509	5.49%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	12661	4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70)	12303	4.35%
Reeded Edge	12075	4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	11787	4.17%
PQ	10550	3.73%
MS (MS60-MS70)	10473	3.70%
PR (PR60, PR70)	10355	3.66%
High Relief	9737	3.44%
Incuse	9664	3.42%
Coin drop	8995	3.18%
Obverse or Face side	8959	3.17%
Rarity	8707	3.08%
Reverse Cameo	8030	2.84%