Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 955236 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) 54520 13.88%
Silver Clad 31586 8.04%
Coin Silver 23671 6.03%
Slabbed Coins 22525 5.74%
BN 22068 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21271 5.42%
RB 20444 5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17669 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17300 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16410 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16368 4.17%
PQ 15192 3.87%
Rarity 15065 3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15016 3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14981 3.81%
Incuse 14185 3.61%
Coin drop 13928 3.55%
High Relief 13883 3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13456 3.43%
Obverse or Face side 13167 3.35%