Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1018244 search inquires.

Selected title: Imitation
Explanation: A forgery, counterfeit or replica coin which has been made to appear similar to another original coin

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55090 13.65%
Silver Clad 32064 7.95%
Coin Silver 24150 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23075 5.72%
BN 22645 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21685 5.37%
RB 21082 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18142 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17863 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16899 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16809 4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15848 3.93%
Rarity 15759 3.91%
PQ 15673 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15434 3.82%
Incuse 14738 3.65%
Coin drop 14450 3.58%
High Relief 14362 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14027 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13742 3.41%