Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 859303 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) 52698 14.53%
Silver Clad 30183 8.32%
Coin Silver 22188 6.12%
Slabbed Coins 21059 5.81%
BN 20419 5.63%
Encapsulated Coin 19914 5.49%
RB 18839 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16216 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15716 4.33%
Reeded Edge 14983 4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14937 4.12%
PQ 13757 3.79%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13631 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13593 3.75%
Rarity 13229 3.65%
Incuse 12631 3.48%
High Relief 12520 3.45%
Coin drop 12349 3.41%
Reverse Cameo 11875 3.28%
Obverse or Face side 11773 3.25%