Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 904414 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)	53738	14.20%
Silver Clad	30933	8.17%
Coin Silver	22975	6.07%
Slabbed Coins	21819	5.77%
BN	21281	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20629	5.45%
RB	19669	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17007	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16585	4.38%
Reeded Edge	15728	4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15700	4.15%
PQ	14488	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14354	3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14317	3.78%
Rarity	14203	3.75%
Incuse	13422	3.55%
High Relief	13209	3.49%
Coin drop	13206	3.49%
Reverse Cameo	12683	3.35%
Obverse or Face side	12501	3.30%