Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 923908 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) 54092 14.04%
Silver Clad 31236 8.11%
Coin Silver 23312 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22152 5.75%
BN 21651 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20957 5.44%
RB 20021 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17330 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16920 4.39%
Reeded Edge 16052 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16037 4.16%
PQ 14807 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14677 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14657 3.80%
Rarity 14596 3.79%
Incuse 13774 3.58%
High Relief 13538 3.51%
Coin drop 13531 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 13034 3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12819 3.33%