Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1064359 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) 55531 13.51%
Silver Clad 32435 7.89%
Coin Silver 24545 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23430 5.70%
BN 23017 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22011 5.36%
RB 21473 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18487 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18293 4.45%
Reeded Edge 17291 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17116 4.16%
Rarity 16233 3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16218 3.95%
PQ 16030 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15764 3.84%
Incuse 15059 3.66%
Coin drop 14856 3.61%
High Relief 14708 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14381 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14124 3.44%