Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1092081 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) 55792 13.33%
Silver Clad 32711 7.81%
Coin Silver 24771 5.92%
Slabbed Coins 23686 5.66%
BN 23280 5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22220 5.31%
RB 21710 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18695 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18687 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17517 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17333 4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16798 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16602 3.97%
Rarity 16536 3.95%
PQ 16260 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15974 3.82%
Incuse 15283 3.65%
Coin drop 15106 3.61%
High Relief 14930 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14647 3.50%