Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1130189 search inquires.

Selected title: Mint

Explanation: A facility for manufacturing coins, also used to describe an unused coin, or a coin in perfect or near perfect condition, as though is had just been manufactured

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	56124	13.22%
Silver Clad	33012	7.77%
Coin Silver	25098	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	24019	5.66%
BN	23558	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22507	5.30%
RB	22015	5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18991	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18941	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17827	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17625	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	17048	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	17007	4.00%
Rarity	16890	3.98%
PQ	16554	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16244	3.83%
Incuse	15586	3.67%
Coin drop	15449	3.64%
High Relief	15203	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14954	3.52%