Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 939234 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) 54303  13.96%
Silver Clad 31414  8.07%
Coin Silver 23491  6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22342  5.74%
BN 21876  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21128  5.43%
RB 20229  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17513  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17132  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16231  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16216  4.17%
PQ 14995  3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14839  3.81%
Rarity 14836  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14828  3.81%
Incuse 13971  3.59%
Coin drop 13727  3.53%
High Relief 13715  3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13262  3.41%
Obverse or Face side 12987  3.34%