Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1085907 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

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55749	13.43%
Silver Clad	32667	7.87%
Coin Silver	24735	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	23640	5.69%
BN	23240	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22188	5.34%
RB	21669	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18653	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18607	4.48%
Reeded Edge	17476	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17298	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16531	3.98%
Rarity	16472	3.97%
PQ	16224	3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15939	3.84%
Incuse	15238	3.67%
Coin drop	15061	3.63%
High Relief	14885	3.59%
Reverse Cameo	14605	3.52%
Obverse or Face side	14293	3.44%