Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 935074 search inquires.

Selected title: Ingot

Explanation: A bar of metal as cast before it is rolled, cut, and stamped into coins. Ingots themselves have also been used as coins or money

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54255	13.98%
Silver Clad	31362	8.08%
Coin Silver	23440	6.04%
Slabbed Coins	22273	5.74%
BN	21812	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21078	5.43%
RB	20169	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17473	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17075	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16178	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16175	4.17%
PQ	14945	3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14784	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14782	3.81%
Rarity	14770	3.81%
Incuse	13913	3.59%
High Relief	13670	3.52%
Coin drop	13667	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13210	3.40%
Obverse or Face side	12944	3.34%