Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 522306 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) 32591 13.81%
Silver Clad 24342 10.32%
BN 15167 6.43%
Encapsulated Coin 14573 6.18%
RB 13223 5.60%
Slabbed Coins 12818 5.43%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 11058 4.69%
Coin Silver 11039 4.68%
Reeded Edge 10342 4.38%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 10240 4.34%
PF (PF60, PF70) 9899 4.19%
MS (MS60-MS70) 8791 3.73%
PQ 8790 3.72%
PR (PR60, PR70) 8421 3.57%
High Relief 8252 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 7889 3.34%
Rarity 7170 3.04%
Incuse 7148 3.03%
Reverse Cameo 6835 2.90%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 6725 2.85%