Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 931707 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)	54205	14.00%
Silver Clad	31332	8.09%
Coin Silver	23405	6.04%
Slabbed Coins	22234	5.74%
BN	21773	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21038	5.43%
RB	20121	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17428	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17034	4.40%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16142	4.17%
Reeded Edge	16137	4.17%
PQ	14899	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14750	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14747	3.81%
Rarity	14717	3.80%
Incuse	13882	3.59%
High Relief	13636	3.52%
Coin drop	13626	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13169	3.40%
Obverse or Face side	12906	3.33%