Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 949390 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)	54438	13.91%
Silver Clad	31522	8.05%
Coin Silver	23604	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22456	5.74%
BN	21997	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21218	5.42%
RB	20355	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17612	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17232	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16344	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16311	4.17%
PQ	15107	3.86%
Rarity	14976	3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14938	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14920	3.81%
Incuse	14089	3.60%
Coin drop	13851	3.54%
High Relief	13821	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13388	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13093	3.34%