Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1050597 search inquires.

Selected title: Pick-up Point
Explanation: An area where a feature, such as die doubling, is most evident

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55410 13.56%
Silver Clad 32328 7.91%
Coin Silver 24418 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23334 5.71%
BN 22907 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 21910 5.36%
RB 21360 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18382 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18101 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17169 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17008 4.16%
Rarity 16120 3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16094 3.94%
PQ 15916 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15667 3.83%
Incuse 14967 3.66%
Coin drop 14724 3.60%
High Relief 14587 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14269 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 14013 3.43%