Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 954448 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)	54506	13.88%
Silver Clad	31577	8.04%
Coin Silver	23655	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22514	5.73%
BN	22058	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21265	5.42%
RB	20431	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17660	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17291	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16402	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16358	4.17%
PQ	15182	3.87%
Rarity	15051	3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15007	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14971	3.81%
Incuse	14171	3.61%
Coin drop	13919	3.55%
High Relief	13874	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13445	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	13154	3.35%