Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 937995 search inquires.

Selected title: Fractional Currency
Explanation: Paper money with a face value of less than one dollar, issued for regular circulation by the United States during and after the Civil War. Specific issues dates range from 1862 to 1875

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54285 13.97%
Silver Clad 31400 8.08%
Coin Silver 23476 6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22321 5.74%
BN 21856 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21113 5.43%
RB 20213 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17500 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17114 4.40%
Reeded Edge 16213 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16201 4.17%
PQ 14980 3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14826 3.81%
Rarity 14815 3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14813 3.81%
Incuse 13950 3.59%
Coin drop 13707 3.53%
High Relief 13699 3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13245 3.41%
Obverse or Face side 12972 3.34%