Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 437731 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

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	28505	13.91%
Silver Clad	22269	10.87%
BN	13851	6.76%
Encapsulated Coin	12861	6.28%
RB	11597	5.66%
Slabbed Coins	10297	5.02%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	9843	4.80%
Coin Silver	9464	4.62%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	9067	4.42%
Reeded Edge	8942	4.36%
PF (PF60, PF70)	8367	4.08%
PQ	7520	3.67%
PR (PR60, PR70)	7313	3.57%
MS (MS60-MS70)	7272	3.55%
High Relief	7154	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	7018	3.42%
Rarity	6078	2.97%
Reverse Cameo	6041	2.95%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	5807	2.83%
Clad Coinage	5639	2.75%