Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1106841 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

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 55917 13.28%
Silver Clad 32826 7.80%
Coin Silver 24889 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23813 5.66%
BN 23388 5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22327 5.30%
RB 21838 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18816 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18791 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17642 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17446 4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16903 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16768 3.98%
Rarity 16663 3.96%
PQ 16376 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16074 3.82%
Incuse 15401 3.66%
Coin drop 15222 3.62%
High Relief 15025 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14767 3.51%