Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 925687 search inquires.

Selected title: Condition Rarity

Explanation: A term to indicate a common coin that is rare when found in high grades. Also, the rarity level at a particular grade and higher

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54117	14.03%
Silver Clad	31264	8.10%
Coin Silver	23334	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22175	5.75%
BN	21682	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20979	5.44%
RB	20048	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17354	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16943	4.39%
Reeded Edge	16072	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16057	4.16%
PQ	14834	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14693	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14675	3.80%
Rarity	14638	3.79%
Incuse	13804	3.58%
High Relief	13564	3.52%
Coin drop	13552	3.51%
Reverse Cameo	13075	3.39%
Obverse or Face side	12838	3.33%