Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 926884 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) 54140 14.02%
Silver Clad 31287 8.10%
Coin Silver 23354 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22197 5.75%
BN 21706 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20995 5.44%
RB 20070 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17374 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16967 4.39%
Reeded Edge 16093 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16076 4.16%
PQ 14851 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14709 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14694 3.81%
Rarity 14657 3.80%
Incuse 13828 3.58%
High Relief 13584 3.52%
Coin drop 13571 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 13102 3.39%
Obverse or Face side 12858 3.33%