Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 966550 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) 54652 13.83%
Silver Clad 31687 8.02%
Coin Silver 23771 6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22636 5.73%
BN 22181 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21348 5.40%
RB 20564 5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17789 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17418 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16512 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16463 4.17%
PQ 15310 3.88%
Rarity 15216 3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15142 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15083 3.82%
Incuse 14311 3.62%
Coin drop 14048 3.56%
High Relief 13985 3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13581 3.44%
Obverse or Face side 13301 3.37%