Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 832233 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) 47233 13.49%
Silver Clad 29812 8.51%
Coin Silver 21822 6.23%
Slabbed Coins 20707 5.91%
BN 20091 5.74%
Encapsulated Coin 19558 5.59%
RB 18520 5.29%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 15778 4.51%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15367 4.39%
Reeded Edge 14647 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14550 4.16%
PQ 13411 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13270 3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13226 3.78%
Rarity 12782 3.65%
Incuse 12255 3.50%
High Relief 12209 3.49%
Coin drop 11859 3.39%
Reverse Cameo 11536 3.29%
Obverse or Face side 11457 3.27%