Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 969703 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)	54695	13.82%
Silver Clad	31721	8.01%
Coin Silver	23802	6.01%
Slabbed Coins	22674	5.73%
BN	22230	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21380	5.40%
RB	20608	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17821	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17461	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16550	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16500	4.17%
PQ	15344	3.88%
Rarity	15274	3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15179	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15113	3.82%
Incuse	14353	3.63%
Coin drop	14081	3.56%
High Relief	14026	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13618	3.44%
Obverse or Face side	13338	3.37%