Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 480599 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) 30670 13.89%
Silver Clad 23351 10.58%
BN 14572 6.60%
Encapsulated Coin 13838 6.27%
RB 12463 5.64%
Slabbed Coins 11662 5.28%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 10505 4.76%
Coin Silver 10331 4.68%
Reeded Edge 9683 4.39%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 9675 4.38%
PF (PF60, PF70) 9146 4.14%
PQ 8163 3.70%
MS (MS60-MS70) 8062 3.65%
PR (PR60, PR70) 7891 3.57%
High Relief 7753 3.51%
Obverse or Face side 7471 3.38%
Rarity 6630 3.00%
Reverse Cameo 6434 2.91%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 6291 2.85%
Clad Coinage 6190 2.80%