Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 975374 search inquires.

Selected title: Reeded Edge

Explanation: The edge of a coin with grooved lines that run vertically around its perimeter. The edge found on all current United States coins other than cents and nickels

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54753	13.80%
Silver Clad	31761	8.00%
Coin Silver	23849	6.01%
Slabbed Coins	22736	5.73%
BN	22288	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21429	5.40%
RB	20672	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17856	4.5%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17515	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16596	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16543	4.17%
PQ	15391	3.88%
Rarity	15330	3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15240	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15169	3.82%
Incuse	14413	3.63%
Coin drop	14132	3.56%
High Relief	14070	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13669	3.44%
Obverse or Face side	13383	3.37%