Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1084805 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)	55729	13.43%
Silver Clad	32649	7.87%
Coin Silver	24724	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	23631	5.70%
BN	23222	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22178	5.35%
RB	21652	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18635	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18585	4.48%
Reeded Edge	17465	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17286	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16503	3.98%
Rarity	16453	3.97%
PQ	16207	3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15925	3.84%
Incuse	15222	3.67%
Coin drop	15043	3.63%
High Relief	14870	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14589	3.52%
Obverse or Face side	14274	3.44%