Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 820305 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) 46565 13.46%
Silver Clad 29641 8.57%
Coin Silver 21647 6.26%
Slabbed Coins 20495 5.92%
BN 19914 5.76%
Encapsulated Coin 19364 5.60%
RB 18362 5.31%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 15534 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15179 4.39%
Reeded Edge 14489 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14358 4.15%
PQ 13267 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13061 3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13044 3.77%
Rarity 12553 3.63%
Incuse 12094 3.50%
High Relief 12050 3.48%
Coin drop 11650 3.37%
Reverse Cameo 11356 3.28%
Obverse or Face side 11299 3.27%