Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 798794 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) 45632 13.46%
Silver Clad 29387 8.67%
Coin Silver 21418 6.32%
Slabbed Coins 20143 5.94%
BN 19601 5.78%
Encapsulated Coin 19011 5.61%
RB 18133 5.35%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 15074 4.45%
PF (PF60, PF70) 14891 4.39%
Reeded Edge 14272 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14085 4.16%
PQ 13050 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 12784 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 12735 3.76%
Rarity 12181 3.59%
Incuse 11869 3.50%
High Relief 11831 3.49%
Coin drop 11321 3.34%
Obverse or Face side 11081 3.27%
Reverse Cameo 10373 3.06%