Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1022416 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) 55121 13.64%
Silver Clad 32094 7.94%
Coin Silver 24181 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23105 5.72%
BN 22680 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21710 5.37%
RB 21127 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18165 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17892 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16928 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16826 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15880 3.93%
Rarity 15803 3.91%
PQ 15699 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15459 3.82%
Incuse 14762 3.65%
Coin drop 14484 3.58%
High Relief 14385 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14057 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13779 3.41%