Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1047504 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55376	13.56%
Silver Clad	32305	7.91%
Coin Silver	24394	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23314	5.71%
BN	22887	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21894	5.36%
RB	21341	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18367	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18074	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17146	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16992	4.16%
Rarity	16089	3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16068	3.94%
PQ	15893	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15644	3.83%
Incuse	14949	3.66%
Coin drop	14695	3.60%
High Relief	14565	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14254	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13996	3.43%