Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 941400 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)	54320	13.94%
Silver Clad	31443	8.07%
Coin Silver	23515	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22363	5.74%
BN	21903	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21149	5.43%
RB	20255	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17533	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17150	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16258	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16233	4.17%
PQ	15019	3.85%
Rarity	14866	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14859	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14847	3.81%
Incuse	14000	3.59%
Coin drop	13750	3.53%
High Relief	13736	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13291	3.41%
Obverse or Face side	13013	3.34%