Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1126288 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) 56083 13.23%
Silver Clad 32979 7.78%
Coin Silver 25053 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23980 5.66%
BN 23529 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22474 5.30%
RB 21984 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18957 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18914 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17794 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17602 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17020 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16972 4.00%
Rarity 16847 3.97%
PQ 16520 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16212 3.82%
Incuse 15550 3.67%
Coin drop 15396 3.63%
High Relief 15170 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14914 3.52%