Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 941017 search inquires.

Selected title: Numismatics

Explanation: The science, study or collecting of coins, paper money, tokens, medallions, orders and similar objects exchanged for goods and services or manufactured by similar methods

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54320	13.94%
Silver Clad	31443	8.07%
Coin Silver	23515	6.04%
Slabbed Coins	22363	5.74%
BN	21903	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21149	5.43%
RB	20255	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17533	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17150	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16258	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16233	4.17%
PQ	15019	3.86%
Rarity	14866	3.82%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14859	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14847	3.81%
Incuse	14000	3.59%
Coin drop	13750	3.53%
High Relief	13736	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13291	3.41%
Obverse or Face side	13013	3.34%