Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 529655 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) 33069 13.86%
Silver Clad 24630 10.32%
BN 15311 6.42%
Encapsulated Coin 14716 6.17%
RB 13400 5.62%
Slabbed Coins 13081 5.48%
Coin Silver 11212 4.70%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 11150 4.67%
Reeded Edge 10459 4.38%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 10309 4.32%
PF (PF60, PF70) 10070 4.22%
MS (MS60-MS70) 8942 3.75%
PQ 8940 3.75%
PR (PR60, PR70) 8510 3.57%
High Relief 8378 3.51%
Obverse or Face side 7978 3.34%
Incuse 7395 3.10%
Rarity 7280 3.05%
Reverse Cameo 6903 2.89%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 6813 2.86%