Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1069077 search inquires.

Selected title: Parentheses "(1968S)"
Explanation: Parentheses are placed around all or part of a date and/or mintmark if the date of the coin is known, but none or only part of the date actually appears on the coin. May also be used if only part of the date's digits show. For example: An off center coin with 19(72) listed as it's date means a coin is struck off center and the 19 of the date shows but none or only a portion of the 72 appears

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55566  13.49%
Silver Clad 32471  7.89%
Coin Silver 24583  5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23467  5.70%
BN 23049  5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22043  5.35%
RB 21514  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18508  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18415  4.47%
Reeded Edge 17328  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17146  4.16%
Rarity 16272  3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16252  3.95%
PQ 16065  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15795  3.84%
Incuse 15089  3.66%
Coin drop 14888  3.62%
High Relief 14739  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14418  3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14158  3.44%