Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 946403 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)	54394	13.92%
Silver Clad	31485	8.06%
Coin Silver	23566	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22419	5.74%
BN	21958	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21180	5.42%
RB	20314	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17580	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17198	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16304	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16274	4.17%
PQ	15061	3.85%
Rarity	14924	3.82%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14907	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14890	3.81%
Incuse	14049	3.60%
Coin drop	13812	3.54%
High Relief	13782	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13344	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13058	3.34%