Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1004761 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) 54983 13.69%
Silver Clad 31977 7.96%
Coin Silver 24053 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22959 5.72%
BN 22535 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21602 5.38%
RB 20958 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18052 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17766 4.42%
Reeded Edge 16806 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16717 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15760 3.93%
Rarity 15607 3.89%
PQ 15586 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15337 3.82%
Incuse 14632 3.64%
Coin drop 14349 3.57%
High Relief 14271 3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13919 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13598 3.39%