Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 995472 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) 54906 13.72%
Silver Clad 31908 7.97%
Coin Silver 23979 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22892 5.72%
BN 22454 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21546 5.39%
RB 20866 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17988 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17681 4.42%
Reeded Edge 16745 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16661 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15691 3.92%
PQ 15513 3.88%
Rarity 15513 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15284 3.82%
Incuse 14565 3.64%
Coin drop 14284 3.57%
High Relief 14204 3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13845 3.46%
Obverse or Face side 13518 3.38%