Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1019000 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) 55094 13.65%
Silver Clad 32071 7.95%
Coin Silver 24155 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23083 5.72%
BN 22652 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21689 5.37%
RB 21092 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18143 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17865 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16904 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16811 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15857 3.93%
Rarity 15769 3.91%
PQ 15678 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15440 3.83%
Incuse 14742 3.65%
Coin drop 14460 3.58%
High Relief 14367 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14033 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13748 3.41%