Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 886048 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) 53382 14.34%
Silver Clad 30648 8.23%
Coin Silver 22662 6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21505 5.78%
BN 20915 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20356 5.47%
RB 19307 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16703 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16242 4.36%
Reeded Edge 15452 4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15393 4.14%
PQ 14195 3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14061 3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14034 3.77%
Rarity 13793 3.71%
Incuse 13086 3.52%
High Relief 12935 3.48%
Coin drop 12921 3.47%
Reverse Cameo 12364 3.32%
Obverse or Face side 12231 3.29%