Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 979775 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)	54781	13.79%
Silver Clad	31789	8.00%
Coin Silver	23871	6.01%
Slabbed Coins	22766	5.73%
BN	22317	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21445	5.40%
RB	20702	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17873	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17540	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16620	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16558	4.17%
PQ	15409	3.88%
Rarity	15360	3.87%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15261	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15190	3.82%
Incuse	14432	3.63%
Coin drop	14156	3.56%
High Relief	14089	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13694	3.45%
Obverse or Face side	13399	3.37%