Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1048936 search inquires.

Selected title: Relief
Explanation: Any part of a coin design that is raised above the coin's surface is said to be in relief. It also represents the distance between the higher and the lowest place of the design of a coin (the opposite of relief is incuse)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55389  13.56%
Silver Clad 32312  7.91%
Coin Silver 24407  5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23319  5.71%
BN 22894  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21896  5.36%
RB 21352  5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18375  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18085  4.43%
Reeded Edge 17151  4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16997  4.16%
Rarity 16099  3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16080  3.94%
PQ 15896  3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15654  3.83%
Incuse 14958  3.66%
Coin drop 14701  3.60%
High Relief 14570  3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14259  3.49%
Obverse or Face side 14003  3.43%