Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1132550 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) 56137 13.21%
Silver Clad 33027 7.77%
Coin Silver 25116 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24042 5.66%
BN 23580 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22526 5.30%
RB 22033 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19013 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18953 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17841 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17645 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17061 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17030 4.01%
Rarity 16922 3.98%
PQ 16567 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16260 3.83%
Incuse 15600 3.67%
Coin drop 15467 3.64%
High Relief 15219 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14972 3.52%