Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 923993 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) 54093 14.04%
Silver Clad 31238 8.11%
Coin Silver 23314 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22153 5.75%
BN 21653 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20958 5.44%
RB 20026 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17331 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16922 4.39%
Reeded Edge 16053 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16039 4.16%
PQ 14812 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14679 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14659 3.81%
Rarity 14597 3.79%
Incuse 13776 3.58%
High Relief 13540 3.51%
Coin drop 13533 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 13039 3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12821 3.33%