Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 876750 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) 53155 14.44%
Silver Clad 30466 8.28%
Coin Silver 22448 6.10%
Slabbed Coins 21305 5.79%
BN 20697 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20166 5.48%
RB 19115 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16524 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16014 4.35%
Reeded Edge 15249 4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15190 4.13%
PQ 13999 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13879 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13838 3.76%
Rarity 13543 3.68%
Incuse 12876 3.50%
High Relief 12749 3.46%
Coin drop 12680 3.44%
Reverse Cameo 12141 3.30%
Obverse or Face side 12033 3.27%