Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 936211 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)	54264	13.98%
Silver Clad	31376	8.08%
Coin Silver	23452	6.04%
Slabbed Coins	22284	5.74%
BN	21829	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21088	5.43%
RB	20181	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17481	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17090	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16191	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16185	4.17%
PQ	14953	3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14801	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14793	3.81%
Rarity	14787	3.81%
Incuse	13924	3.59%
High Relief	13677	3.52%
Coin drop	13676	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13218	3.40%
Obverse or Face side	12952	3.34%