Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 873855 search inquires.

Selected 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) 53083 14.46%
Silver Clad 30411 8.29%
Coin Silver 22398 6.10%
Slabbed Coins 21257 5.79%
BN 20643 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20123 5.48%
RB 19066 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16476 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15948 4.35%
Reeded Edge 15203 4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15146 4.13%
PQ 13954 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13836 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13791 3.76%
Rarity 13469 3.67%
Incuse 12822 3.49%
High Relief 12709 3.46%
Coin drop 12621 3.44%
Reverse Cameo 12084 3.29%
Obverse or Face side 11975 3.26%