Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 501555 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) 31664 13.88%
Silver Clad 23818 10.44%
BN 14872 6.52%
Encapsulated Coin 14245 6.24%
RB 12850 5.63%
Slabbed Coins 12251 5.37%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 10780 4.72%
Coin Silver 10677 4.68%
Reeded Edge 10031 4.40%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 9944 4.36%
PF (PF60, PF70) 9520 4.17%
PQ 8482 3.72%
MS (MS60-MS70) 8452 3.70%
PR (PR60, PR70) 8166 3.58%
High Relief 7995 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 7683 3.37%
Rarity 6906 3.03%
Reverse Cameo 6620 2.90%
Incuse 6588 2.89%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 6525 2.86%