Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 935934 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) 54261 13.98%
Silver Clad 31375 8.08%
Coin Silver 23451 6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22282 5.74%
BN 21823 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21087 5.43%
RB 20176 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17478 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17084 4.40%
Reeded Edge 16187 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16182 4.17%
PQ 14952 3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14799 3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14791 3.81%
Rarity 14783 3.81%
Incuse 13923 3.59%
High Relief 13677 3.52%
Coin drop 13673 3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13217 3.41%
Obverse or Face side 12951 3.34%