Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 979012 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) 54781 13.79%
Silver Clad 31789 8.00%
Coin Silver 23871 6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22766 5.73%
BN 22317 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21445 5.40%
RB 20702 5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17873 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17540 4.42%
Reeded Edge 16620 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16558 4.17%
PQ 15409 3.88%
Rarity 15360 3.87%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15261 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15190 3.82%
Incuse 14432 3.63%
Coin drop 14156 3.56%
High Relief 14089 3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13694 3.45%
Obverse or Face side 13399 3.37%