Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1125926 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)	56083	13.23%
Silver Clad	32975	7.78%
Coin Silver	25046	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23976	5.66%
BN	23524	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22472	5.30%
RB	21979	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18954	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18908	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17790	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17599	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	17019	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16966	4.00%
Rarity	16845	3.97%
PQ	16518	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16207	3.82%
Incuse	15547	3.67%
Coin drop	15393	3.63%
High Relief	15169	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14911	3.52%