Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 261085 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	17648	13.84%
Silver Clad	14167	11.11%
BN	9624	7.54%
Encapsulated Coin	8205	6.43%
RB	7050	5.53%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	6558	5.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	6475	5.08%
Reeded Edge	5543	4.35%
Coin Silver	5425	4.25%
PF (PF60, PF70)	5220	4.09%
Obverse or Face side	5032	3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70)	4882	3.83%
PQ	4496	3.52%
MS (MS60-MS70)	4398	3.45%
Reverse Cameo	4115	3.23%
High Relief	4102	3.22%
Slabbed Coins	3978	3.12%
Clad Coinage	3632	2.85%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	3579	2.81%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML)	3409	2.67%