Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 341282 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) 23130 14.06%
Silver Clad 18648 11.34%
BN 11736 7.14%
Encapsulated Coin 10465 6.36%
RB 9354 5.69%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 8158 4.96%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 7653 4.65%
Reeded Edge 7140 4.34%
Coin Silver 7137 4.34%
Slabbed Coins 6802 4.14%
PF (PF60, PF70) 6606 4.02%
PQ 6037 3.67%
PR (PR60, PR70) 5995 3.64%
Obverse or Face side 5911 3.59%
High Relief 5678 3.45%
MS (MS60-MS70) 5602 3.41%
Reverse Cameo 4958 3.01%
Rarity 4605 2.80%
Clad Coinage 4456 2.71%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 4382 2.66%