Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 741981 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) 42347 13.30%
Silver Clad 28544 8.96%
Coin Silver 20616 6.47%
Slabbed Coins 18900 5.93%
BN 18617 5.84%
Encapsulated Coin 17931 5.63%
RB 17280 5.43%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 14118 4.43%
PF (PF60, PF70) 13977 4.39%
Reeded Edge 13497 4.24%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 13199 4.14%
PQ 12197 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 11971 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 11833 3.72%
High Relief 11101 3.49%
Incuse 11077 3.48%
Rarity 10949 3.44%
Coin drop 10460 3.28%
Obverse or Face side 10336 3.25%
Reverse Cameo 9523 2.99%