Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 888664 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) 53452  14.32%
Silver Clad 30696  8.22%
Coin Silver 22722  6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21565  5.78%
BN 20969  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20402  5.47%
RB 19379  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16753  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16313  4.37%
Reeded Edge 15497  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15444  4.14%
PQ 14247  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14104  3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14071  3.77%
Rarity 13835  3.71%
Incuse 13149  3.52%
High Relief 12981  3.48%
Coin drop 12963  3.47%
Reverse Cameo 12404  3.32%
Obverse or Face side 12271  3.29%