Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1038082 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) 55280 13.59%
Silver Clad 32218 7.92%
Coin Silver 24312 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23235 5.71%
BN 22801 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21827 5.37%
RB 21269 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18278 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18002 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17059 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16923 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15993 3.93%
Rarity 15975 3.93%
PQ 15817 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15571 3.83%
Incuse 14879 3.66%
Coin drop 14613 3.59%
High Relief 14496 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14181 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13920 3.42%