Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1062167 search inquires.

Selected title: Piece of Eight

Explanation: A former Spanish coin with a face value of eight reales; the U.S. dollar was originally valued at and tied to eight reales

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55507	13.52%
Silver Clad	32411	7.90%
Coin Silver	24525	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23407	5.70%
BN	22997	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	21989	5.36%
RB	21452	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18464	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18184	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17266	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17093	4.16%
Rarity	16210	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16196	3.95%
PQ	15999	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15739	3.83%
Incuse	15039	3.66%
Coin drop	14830	3.61%
High Relief	14678	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14358	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14107	3.44%