Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 186401 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) 10673 11.81%
Silver Clad 9801 10.85%
BN 7254 8.03%
Encapsulated Coin 5553 6.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 5032 5.57%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 4787 5.30%
RB 4689 5.19%
Obverse or Face side 4285 4.74%
Reeded Edge 4103 4.54%
Coin Silver 3951 4.37%
PF (PF60, PF70) 3710 4.11%
PR (PR60, PR70) 3701 4.10%
Reverse Cameo 3328 3.68%
MS (MS60-MS70) 3204 3.55%
PQ 3077 3.41%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 2894 3.20%
Clad Coinage 2775 3.07%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 2613 2.89%
Flyspecks 2469 2.73%
High Relief 2371 2.62%