Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 883239 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	53301	14.37%
Silver Clad	30575	8.25%
Coin Silver	22596	6.09%
Slabbed Coins	21440	5.78%
BN	20848	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20286	5.47%
RB	19249	5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16638	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16171	4.36%
Reeded Edge	15377	4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15324	4.13%
PQ	14125	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	13994	3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70)	13964	3.77%
Rarity	13720	3.70%
Incuse	13014	3.51%
High Relief	12865	3.47%
Coin drop	12845	3.46%
Reverse Cameo	12296	3.32%
Obverse or Face side	12170	3.28%