Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 926470 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) 54135 14.02%
Silver Clad 31281 8.10%
Coin Silver 23345 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22187 5.75%
BN 21696 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20990 5.44%
RB 20063 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17369 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16960 4.39%
Reeded Edge 16083 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16069 4.16%
PQ 14847 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14704 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14689 3.81%
Rarity 14647 3.79%
Incuse 13821 3.58%
High Relief 13576 3.52%
Coin drop 13564 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 13092 3.39%
Obverse or Face side 12850 3.33%