Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1008925 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) 55018 13.68%
Silver Clad 32004 7.96%
Coin Silver 24093 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22995 5.72%
BN 22575 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21637 5.38%
RB 20996 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18091 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17800 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16844 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16748 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15796 3.93%
Rarity 15643 3.89%
PQ 15619 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15376 3.82%
Incuse 14669 3.65%
Coin drop 14396 3.58%
High Relief 14311 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 13959 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13643 3.39%