Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1092418 search inquires.

Selected title: Legal Tender
Explanation: Money that may be legally offered in payment of an obligation and that a creditor must accept. The legal tender value of a coin is the value placed on it by the government and it may be different than the intrinsic value (bullion value) or collector value

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55802 13.33%
Silver Clad 32719 7.81%
Coin Silver 24782 5.92%
Slabbed Coins 23696 5.66%
BN 23287 5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22223 5.31%
RB 21714 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18701 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18694 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17524 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17338 4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16804 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16610 3.97%
Rarity 16543 3.95%
PQ 16263 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15983 3.82%
Incuse 15292 3.65%
Coin drop 15112 3.61%
High Relief 14935 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14655 3.50%