Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1061668 search inquires.

Selected title: Weak Strike

Explanation: A coin with certain of its details (in the areas of high relief) not fully formed because of the hardness of alloy, insufficient striking pressure or improper die spacing

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55502	13.52%
Silver Clad	32406	7.90%
Coin Silver	24520	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23400	5.70%
BN	22990	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	21981	5.36%
RB	21445	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18458	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18174	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17263	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17085	4.16%
Rarity	16207	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16185	3.94%
PQ	15991	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15735	3.83%
Incuse	15031	3.66%
Coin drop	14822	3.61%
High Relief	14672	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14353	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14098	3.44%