Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 958124 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) 54548 13.87%
Silver Clad 31603 8.03%
Coin Silver 23688 6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22543 5.73%
BN 22088 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21282 5.41%
RB 20471 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17687 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17329 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16434 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16384 4.17%
PQ 15212 3.87%
Rarity 15096 3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15045 3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14997 3.81%
Incuse 14209 3.61%
Coin drop 13945 3.55%
High Relief 13899 3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13472 3.42%
Obverse or Face side 13188 3.35%