Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 944719 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54364	13.93%
Silver Clad	31474	8.07%
Coin Silver	23550	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22407	5.74%
BN	21949	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21171	5.43%
RB	20302	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17571	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17188	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16292	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16262	4.17%
PQ	15052	3.86%
Rarity	14910	3.82%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14888	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14878	3.81%
Incuse	14040	3.60%
Coin drop	13796	3.54%
High Relief	13770	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13325	3.41%
Obverse or Face side	13042	3.34%