Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 936729 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)	54271	13.97%
Silver Clad	31385	8.08%
Coin Silver	23457	6.04%
Slabbed Coins	22292	5.74%
BN	21838	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21095	5.43%
RB	20192	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17488	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17097	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16198	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16190	4.17%
PQ	14960	3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14808	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14799	3.81%
Rarity	14796	3.81%
Incuse	13935	3.59%
Coin drop	13685	3.52%
High Relief	13684	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13229	3.41%
Obverse or Face side	12958	3.34%