Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 871920 search inquires.

Selected title: 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 titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 53049 14.48%
Silver Clad 30376 8.29%
Coin Silver 22367 6.11%
Slabbed Coins 21228 5.79%
BN 20603 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20093 5.48%
RB 19033 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16445 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15906 4.34%
Reeded Edge 15169 4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15120 4.13%
PQ 13926 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13807 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13761 3.76%
Rarity 13418 3.66%
Incuse 12783 3.49%
High Relief 12677 3.46%
Coin drop 12587 3.44%
Reverse Cameo 12044 3.29%
Obverse or Face side 11935 3.26%