Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 917305 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) 54009 14.08%
Silver Clad 31167 8.13%
Coin Silver 23227 6.06%
Slabbed Coins 22072 5.76%
BN 21565 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20878 5.44%
RB 19928 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17250 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16840 4.39%
Reeded Edge 15960 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15945 4.16%
PQ 14733 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14594 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14566 3.80%
Rarity 14507 3.78%
Incuse 13684 3.57%
High Relief 13454 3.51%
Coin drop 13452 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12939 3.37%
Obverse or Face side 12738 3.32%