Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 872872 search inquires.

Selected title: Face Value

Explanation: The value of a coin or paper money as imprinted or marked on that unit. If it is silver or a rare date the collector value may be more. Face Value is Not its collector or precious metal value

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	53071	14.47%
Silver Clad	30394	8.29%
Coin Silver	22382	6.10%
Slabbed Coins	21243	5.79%
BN	20620	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20108	5.48%
RB	19050	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16462	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	15930	4.34%
Reeded Edge	15184	4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15132	4.13%
PQ	13939	3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70)	13821	3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70)	13779	3.76%
Rarity	13445	3.67%
Incuse	12801	3.49%
High Relief	12693	3.46%
Coin drop	12604	3.44%
Reverse Cameo	12059	3.29%
Obverse or Face side	11953	3.26%