Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 920959 search inquires.

Selected title: Rarity
Explanation: An infrequently encountered or available item; the number of surviving specimens of a particular issue, as may be indicated by a rarity scale index

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54058 14.06%
Silver Clad 31206 8.12%
Coin Silver 23276 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22114 5.75%
BN 21618 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20931 5.44%
RB 19986 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17293 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16889 4.39%
Reeded Edge 16012 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15993 4.16%
PQ 14779 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14646 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14624 3.80%
Rarity 14563 3.79%
Incuse 13742 3.57%
High Relief 13505 3.51%
Coin drop 13492 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12996 3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12785 3.32%