Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 995746 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) 54909 13.72%
Silver Clad 31911 7.98%
Coin Silver 23983 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22894 5.72%
BN 22461 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21549 5.39%
RB 20872 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17992 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17688 4.42%
Reeded Edge 16747 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16665 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15696 3.92%
PQ 15520 3.88%
Rarity 15516 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15286 3.82%
Incuse 14572 3.64%
Coin drop 14288 3.57%
High Relief 14208 3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13846 3.46%
Obverse or Face side 13520 3.38%