Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 916103 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) 53991 14.09%
Silver Clad 31156 8.13%
Coin Silver 23215 6.06%
Slabbed Coins 22061 5.76%
BN 21546 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20863 5.44%
RB 19916 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17238 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16826 4.39%
Reeded Edge 15945 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15930 4.16%
PQ 14723 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14577 3.80%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14555 3.80%
Rarity 14487 3.78%
Incuse 13666 3.57%
High Relief 13444 3.51%
Coin drop 13439 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12925 3.37%
Obverse or Face side 12725 3.32%