Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 905097 search inquires.

Selected title: Contemporary counterfeit
Explanation: A coin, usually base metal, struck from crudely engraved dies and made to pass for face value at the time of its creation. Sometimes such counterfeits are collected along with the genuine coins, especially in the case of American Colonial issues

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 53761  14.19%
Silver Clad 30955  8.17%
Coin Silver 22997  6.07%
Slabbed Coins 21837  5.76%
BN 21299  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20649  5.45%
RB 19689  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17021  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16609  4.38%
Reeded Edge 15746  4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15720  4.15%
PQ 14507  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14373  3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14336  3.78%
Rarity 14226  3.76%
Incuse 13435  3.55%
Coin drop 13232  3.49%
High Relief 13225  3.49%
Reverse Cameo 12700  3.35%
Obverse or Face side 12520  3.30%