Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1028440 search inquires.

Selected title: Loonie

Explanation: Popular name for the Canadian loon dollar coin first issued in 1987

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55182	13.62%
Silver Clad	32139	7.93%
Coin Silver	24223	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23153	5.72%
BN	22733	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21753	5.37%
RB	21185	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18201	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17934	4.43%
Reeded Edge	16982	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16859	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15909	3.93%
Rarity	15854	3.91%
PQ	15740	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15502	3.83%
Incuse	14807	3.66%
Coin drop	14526	3.59%
High Relief	14422	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	14107	3.48%
Obverse or Face side	13830	3.41%