Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 950059 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)	54450	13.91%
Silver Clad	31534	8.05%
Coin Silver	23612	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22468	5.74%
BN	22014	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21229	5.42%
RB	20373	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17623	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17245	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16352	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16320	4.17%
PQ	15117	3.86%
Rarity	14991	3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14951	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14934	3.81%
Incuse	14107	3.60%
Coin drop	13865	3.54%
High Relief	13831	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13399	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13103	3.35%