Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1120789 search inquires.

Selected title: Modification

Explanation: A minor alteration in the basic design of a coin

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	56049	13.24%
Silver Clad	32944	7.78%
Coin Silver	25007	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23938	5.66%
BN	23493	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22443	5.30%
RB	21945	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18923	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18881	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17760	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17559	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	16994	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16917	4.00%
Rarity	16805	3.97%
PQ	16481	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16169	3.82%
Incuse	15513	3.67%
Coin drop	15352	3.63%
High Relief	15137	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14870	3.51%