Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 913700 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) 53962 14.09%
Silver Clad 31137 8.13%
Coin Silver 23203 6.06%
Slabbed Coins 22037 5.76%
BN 21518 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20847 5.45%
RB 19889 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17217 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16802 4.39%
Reeded Edge 15936 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15915 4.16%
PQ 14703 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14559 3.80%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14541 3.80%
Rarity 14453 3.78%
Incuse 13644 3.56%
Coin drop 13423 3.51%
High Relief 13423 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12905 3.37%
Obverse or Face side 12710 3.32%