Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1123419 search inquires.

Selected title: Water Mark

Explanation: A design put into paper at the manufacuring stage by pressing it while wet between rollers bearing the design

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	56067	13.24%
Silver Clad	32955	7.78%
Coin Silver	25027	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23952	5.66%
BN	23512	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22457	5.30%
RB	21961	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18936	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18893	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17773	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17582	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	17004	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16937	4.00%
Rarity	16822	3.97%
PQ	16502	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16179	3.82%
Incuse	15524	3.67%
Coin drop	15370	3.63%
High Relief	15149	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14892	3.52%