Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 964035 search inquires.

Selected title: About Uncirculated (AU-50)
Explanation: Grade: There are traces of wear on most of the higher areas of the designs and considerable disruption is seen in the larger fields. At least half of the original mint luster is present.

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54628 13.84%
Silver Clad 31669 8.02%
Coin Silver 23744 6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22610 5.73%
BN 22150 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21331 5.40%
RB 20534 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17769 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17396 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16492 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16441 4.17%
PQ 15278 3.87%
Rarity 15188 3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15120 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15065 3.82%
Incuse 14276 3.62%
Coin drop 14025 3.55%
High Relief 13960 3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13546 3.43%
Obverse or Face side 13268 3.36%