Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 939478 search inquires.

Selected title: Medium of Exchange

Explanation: Something accepted by people as having a certain value that is used to exchange or trade. Often coins and paper money are used as mediums of exchange, but it can be anything

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54305	13.96%
Silver Clad	31418	8.07%
Coin Silver	23493	6.04%
Slabbed Coins	22344	5.74%
BN	21879	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21130	5.43%
RB	20232	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17517	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17133	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16235	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16218	4.17%
PQ	14996	3.85%
Rarity	14843	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14841	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14829	3.81%
Incuse	13973	3.59%
Coin drop	13729	3.53%
High Relief	13717	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13266	3.41%
Obverse or Face side	12988	3.34%