Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1090540 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) 55781 13.34%
Silver Clad 32699 7.82%
Coin Silver 24760 5.92%
Slabbed Coins 23677 5.66%
BN 23273 5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22211 5.31%
RB 21695 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18680 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18671 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17504 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17325 4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16790 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16586 3.97%
Rarity 16512 3.95%
PQ 16251 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15966 3.82%
Incuse 15269 3.65%
Coin drop 15092 3.61%
High Relief 14918 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14638 3.50%