Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 700520 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) 39640 13.14%
Silver Clad 27776 9.21%
Coin Silver 19897 6.59%
BN 17806 5.90%
Slabbed Coins 17667 5.86%
Encapsulated Coin 17185 5.70%
RB 16462 5.46%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 13443 4.46%
PF (PF60, PF70) 13278 4.40%
Reeded Edge 12858 4.26%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 12564 4.16%
PQ 11405 3.78%
MS (MS60-MS70) 11307 3.75%
PR (PR60, PR70) 11177 3.70%
High Relief 10471 3.47%
Incuse 10461 3.47%
Rarity 9935 3.29%
Coin drop 9794 3.25%
Obverse or Face side 9713 3.22%
Reverse Cameo 8859 2.94%