Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 973339 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)	54721	13.81%
Silver Clad	31744	8.01%
Coin Silver	23823	6.01%
Slabbed Coins	22707	5.73%
BN	22265	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21406	5.40%
RB	20642	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17842	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17485	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16572	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16524	4.17%
PQ	15367	3.88%
Rarity	15299	3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15208	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15143	3.82%
Incuse	14382	3.63%
Coin drop	14105	3.56%
High Relief	14048	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13648	3.44%
Obverse or Face side	13362	3.37%