Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 799827 search inquires.

Random title: Piece of Eight
Explanation: A former Spanish coin with a face value of eight reales; the U.S. dollar was originally valued at and tied to eight reales

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 45694 13.47%
Silver Clad 29400 8.67%
Coin Silver 21427 6.32%
Slabbed Coins 20164 5.94%
BN 19616 5.78%
Encapsulated Coin 19034 5.61%
RB 18147 5.35%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 15098 4.45%
PF (PF60, PF70) 14905 4.39%
Reeded Edge 14281 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14097 4.16%
PQ 13065 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 12799 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 12748 3.76%
Rarity 12199 3.60%
Incuse 11880 3.50%
High Relief 11841 3.49%
Coin drop 11336 3.34%
Obverse or Face side 11093 3.27%
Reverse Cameo 10390 3.06%