Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 888088 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) 53432 14.33%
Silver Clad 30685 8.23%
Coin Silver 22709 6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21551 5.78%
BN 20958 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20390 5.47%
RB 19363 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16738 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16297 4.37%
Reeded Edge 15487 4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15433 4.14%
PQ 14232 3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14094 3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14058 3.77%
Rarity 13826 3.71%
Incuse 13140 3.52%
High Relief 12971 3.48%
Coin drop 12956 3.47%
Reverse Cameo 12394 3.32%
Obverse or Face side 12260 3.29%