Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1058207 search inquires.

Selected title: Reverse Cameo

Explanation: A coin where the background is frosted looking and the design has a polished mirror like look to it. Some Australia lunar 'Year of the Horse' and other lunar year animal gold /silver coins have this reverse cameo appearance

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55472	13.54%
Silver Clad	32376	7.90%
Coin Silver	24480	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23380	5.71%
BN	22968	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21961	5.36%
RB	21417	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18429	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18142	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17229	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17059	4.16%
Rarity	16181	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16156	3.94%
PQ	15966	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15711	3.83%
Incuse	15008	3.66%
Coin drop	14790	3.61%
High Relief	14646	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14318	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	14066	3.43%