Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 975221 search inquires.

Selected title: Reeded Edge

Explanation: The edge of a coin with grooved lines that run vertically around its perimeter. The edge found on all current United States coins other than cents and nickels

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54749	13.80%
Silver Clad	31758	8.00%
Coin Silver	23845	6.01%
Slabbed Coins	22731	5.73%
BN	22288	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21426	5.40%
RB	20668	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17855	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17508	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16592	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16541	4.17%
PQ	15382	3.88%
Rarity	15324	3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15235	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15163	3.82%
Incuse	14407	3.63%
Coin drop	14128	3.56%
High Relief	14066	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13668	3.44%
Obverse or Face side	13379	3.37%