Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 574442 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) 35193 13.78%
Silver Clad 25727 10.07%
BN 16011 6.27%
Encapsulated Coin 15472 6.06%
Slabbed Coins 14445 5.66%
RB 14433 5.65%
Coin Silver 12082 4.73%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 11796 4.62%
Reeded Edge 11146 4.36%
PF (PF60, PF70) 11142 4.36%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 10908 4.27%
PQ 9706 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 9657 3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 9345 3.66%
High Relief 8987 3.52%
Incuse 8470 3.32%
Obverse or Face side 8368 3.28%
Rarity 7864 3.08%
Reverse Cameo 7295 2.86%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 7284 2.85%