Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 882317 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) 53282 14.38%
Silver Clad 30564 8.25%
Coin Silver 22581 6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21426 5.78%
BN 20832 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20276 5.47%
RB 19226 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16623 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16154 4.36%
Reeded Edge 15365 4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15308 4.13%
PQ 14111 3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13985 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13949 3.76%
Rarity 13702 3.70%
Incuse 13005 3.51%
High Relief 12853 3.47%
Coin drop 12829 3.46%
Reverse Cameo 12280 3.31%
Obverse or Face side 12157 3.28%