Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1139127 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) 56195 13.19%
Silver Clad 33080 7.76%
Coin Silver 25172 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24093 5.65%
BN 23628 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22574 5.30%
RB 22086 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19070 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18993 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17896 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17689 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17107 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17101 4.01%
Rarity 16993 3.99%
PQ 16622 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16300 3.83%
Incuse 15657 3.67%
Coin drop 15522 3.64%
High Relief 15269 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15028 3.53%