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Numismatic Glossary: Your Gateway to Coin Collecting Terminology

Our website proudly features a comprehensive Numismatic Glossary, designed to enhance your coin collecting experience. This valuable resource serves as a bridge between novice enthusiasts and seasoned numismatists, offering clear and concise definitions for a wide range of coin-related terms.

PLEASE NOTE: WE ADD A NEW TERM EVERY WEEK. SO MAKE SURE TO CHECK BACK OFTEN.


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Picture of Choice Uncirculated
Choice Uncirculated -Tuesday, 18 February 2025
A grade. A coin is Uncirculated if it has never been in circulation and is without wear. But due to the vagaries of how coins are struck, how the dies were made and how the coins were treated after striking, there are different grades of Uncirculated. next...

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Picture of Cartwheel
Cartwheel -Tuesday, 18 February 2025
A slang name for the copper coinage of 1797. The Soho Mint issued one and two penny coins which weighed one and two ounces respectively (28.35 and 56.7 grams). It was the only time a government tried to give value for money. next...

glossary , coin , mint

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Picture of Bun Coinage
Bun Coinage -Tuesday, 18 February 2025
The bronze coinage of Queen Victoria with a youthful portrait and her hair tied up in a bun; it was issued from 1860-1894. next...

glossary , coin , queen victoria

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Picture of Bronzed
Bronzed -Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Copper coins which have been covered with a thin layer of bronze, usually on proof coins to make them more attractive. next...

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Picture of Brilliant Uncirculated
Brilliant Uncirculated -Tuesday, 18 February 2025
A condition of grading. On copper and bronze coins it means bright and shiny just as they came from the mint. next...

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Picture of Brass Threepence
Brass Threepence -Tuesday, 18 February 2025
A denomination which was struck for circulation from 1937 until 1967 and then in the 1970 Proof Set. next...

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Picture of Boulton, Matthew
Boulton, Matthew -Tuesday, 18 February 2025
(1728-1809) A manufacturer of coinage machinery, from Birmingham. Most famous for his Soho Mint which issued many of the early copper coins of George III, including the famous Cartwheel twopence and penny, as well as the Bank of England dollar. next...

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Picture of Bi-metallic
Bi-metallic -Sunday, 16 February 2025
A coin which is made up of two separate metals. In modern coins, they are usually in concentric circles. next...

glossary , coin

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Picture of Bank Token
Bank Token -Monday, 17 February 2025
Issued by the Bank of England between 1811 and 1816, they were struck in silver with denominations of (a) one shilling and sixpence and (b) three shillings. next...

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Picture of Aberystwyth Mint
Aberystwyth Mint -Tuesday, 18 February 2025
The first provincial mint to be established by Charles I. It was opened in Wales in 1638 by Sir Thomas Bushell, the lessee of the Welsh silver mines. next...

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