Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 899309 search inquires.

Selected title: High Relief

Explanation: A coin with deep concave fields due to highly raised designs. High relief coins require extra pressure to be fully struck and are difficult to stack

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	53625	14.25%
Silver Clad	30833	8.19%
Coin Silver	22869	6.08%
Slabbed Coins	21706	5.77%
BN	21156	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20529	5.46%
RB	19546	5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16888	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16476	4.38%
Reeded Edge	15620	4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15586	4.14%
PQ	14390	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14240	3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14214	3.78%
Rarity	14078	3.74%
Incuse	13310	3.54%
High Relief	13110	3.48%
Coin drop	13100	3.48%
Reverse Cameo	12561	3.34%
Obverse or Face side	12399	3.30%