Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 871383 search inquires.

Selected title: Reverse Cameo
Explanation: A coin where the background is frosted looking and the design has a polished mirror like look to it. Some Australia lunar 'Year of the Horse' and other lunar year animal gold /silver coins have this reverse cameo appearance

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 53044  14.48%
Silver Clad 30374  8.29%
Coin Silver 22366  6.11%
Slabbed Coins 21226  5.80%
BN 20601  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20092  5.49%
RB 19031  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16443  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15901  4.34%
Reeded Edge 15166  4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15118  4.13%
PQ 13922  3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13804  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13758  3.76%
Rarity 13415  3.66%
Incuse 12781  3.49%
High Relief 12675  3.46%
Coin drop 12585  3.44%
Reverse Cameo 12041  3.29%
Obverse or Face side 11933  3.26%