Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 550272 search inquires.

Selected term: 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 terms

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 34012 13.83%
Silver Clad 25163 10.23%
BN 15622 6.35%
Encapsulated Coin 15034 6.11%
RB 13856 5.63%
Slabbed Coins 13645 5.55%
Coin Silver 11602 4.72%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 11435 4.65%
Reeded Edge 10775 4.38%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 10551 4.29%
PF (PF60, PF70) 10523 4.28%
MS (MS60-MS70) 9288 3.78%
PQ 9265 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 8829 3.59%
High Relief 8693 3.53%
Obverse or Face side 8154 3.31%
Incuse 7874 3.20%
Rarity 7556 3.07%
Reverse Cameo 7079 2.88%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 7022 2.85%