Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1012440 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) 55049 13.67%
Silver Clad 32025 7.95%
Coin Silver 24120 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23021 5.72%
BN 22608 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21659 5.38%
RB 21027 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18113 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17827 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16868 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16776 4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15819 3.93%
Rarity 15680 3.89%
PQ 15639 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15403 3.82%
Incuse 14695 3.65%
Coin drop 14421 3.58%
High Relief 14335 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 13992 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13697 3.40%