Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 757229 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) 43369 13.36%
Silver Clad 28791 8.87%
Coin Silver 20870 6.43%
Slabbed Coins 19291 5.94%
BN 18950 5.84%
Encapsulated Coin 18246 5.62%
RB 17593 5.42%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 14357 4.42%
PF (PF60, PF70) 14253 4.39%
Reeded Edge 13728 4.23%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 13445 4.14%
PQ 12509 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 12215 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 12070 3.72%
High Relief 11319 3.49%
Incuse 11303 3.48%
Rarity 11288 3.48%
Coin drop 10685 3.29%
Obverse or Face side 10560 3.25%
Reverse Cameo 9759 3.01%