Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1155122 search inquires.

Selected title: About Good (AG-3)
Explanation: Grade: A very heavily worn coin with portions of the lettering, date and legends being worn smooth and the date may be barely readable.

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56384 13.13%
Silver Clad 33245 7.74%
Coin Silver 25332 5.90%
Slabbed Coins 24253 5.65%
BN 23783 5.54%
Encapsulated Coin 22729 5.29%
RB 22250 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19245 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 19122 4.45%
Reeded Edge 18057 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17840 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17271 4.02%
Obverse or Face side 17253 4.02%
Rarity 17173 4.00%
PQ 16775 3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16430 3.83%
Incuse 15817 3.68%
Coin drop 15712 3.66%
High Relief 15431 3.59%
Reverse Cameo 15204 3.54%