Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 871397 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)	53044	14.48%
Silver Clad	30374	8.29%
Coin Silver	22366	6.11%
Slabbed Coins	21226	5.79%
BN	20601	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20092	5.49%
RB	19031	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16443	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	15901	4.34%
Reeded Edge	15166	4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15118	4.13%
PQ	13922	3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70)	13804	3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70)	13758	3.76%
Rarity	13415	3.66%
Incuse	12781	3.49%
High Relief	12675	3.46%
Coin drop	12585	3.44%
Reverse Cameo	12041	3.29%
Obverse or Face side	11933	3.26%