Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 778045 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) 44545 13.41%
Silver Clad 29111 8.76%
Coin Silver 21151 6.37%
Slabbed Coins 19779 5.95%
BN 19281 5.80%
Encapsulated Coin 18655 5.62%
RB 17901 5.39%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 14717 4.43%
PF (PF60, PF70) 14592 4.39%
Reeded Edge 14017 4.22%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 13770 4.15%
PQ 12813 3.86%
MS (MS60-MS70) 12516 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 12403 3.73%
Rarity 11770 3.54%
Incuse 11616 3.50%
High Relief 11590 3.49%
Coin drop 11001 3.31%
Obverse or Face side 10824 3.26%
Reverse Cameo 10086 3.04%