Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1141448 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) 56217 13.18%
Silver Clad 33097 7.76%
Coin Silver 25196 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24107 5.65%
BN 23648 5.54%
Encapsulated Coin 22595 5.30%
RB 22108 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19088 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 19004 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17915 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17705 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17123 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17120 4.01%
Rarity 17016 3.99%
PQ 16640 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16312 3.82%
Incuse 15680 3.68%
Coin drop 15550 3.65%
High Relief 15288 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15046 3.53%