Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 948728 search inquires.

Selected title: Loonie

Explanation: Popular name for the Canadian loon dollar coin first issued in 1987

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54438	13.91%
Silver Clad	31520	8.06%
Coin Silver	23603	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22455	5.74%
BN	21996	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21217	5.42%
RB	20354	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17612	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17231	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16343	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16309	4.17%
PQ	15106	3.86%
Rarity	14975	3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14937	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14920	3.81%
Incuse	14088	3.60%
Coin drop	13850	3.54%
High Relief	13819	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13387	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13091	3.35%