Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 686437 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) 38763 13.07%
Silver Clad 27556 9.29%
Coin Silver 19704 6.64%
BN 17570 5.92%
Slabbed Coins 17152 5.78%
Encapsulated Coin 16968 5.72%
RB 16229 5.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 13241 4.46%
PF (PF60, PF70) 13025 4.39%
Reeded Edge 12675 4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 12369 4.17%
PQ 11181 3.77%
MS (MS60-MS70) 11114 3.75%
PR (PR60, PR70) 10969 3.70%
High Relief 10274 3.46%
Incuse 10262 3.46%
Rarity 9636 3.25%
Coin drop 9609 3.24%
Obverse or Face side 9535 3.22%
Reverse Cameo 8663 2.92%