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%