Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 975592 search inquires.

Selected title: Type Coin
Explanation: A 'type' coin is a representative example of a particular coin series, but not one of the rarest and most valuable specimens from that series. It is usually one of the more common dates

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
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  4.50%
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%