Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1079434 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) 55673 13.45%
Silver Clad 32573 7.87%
Coin Silver 24676 5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23574 5.70%
BN 23156 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22130 5.35%
RB 21607 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18598 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18518 4.47%
Reeded Edge 17415 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17245 4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16461 3.98%
Rarity 16387 3.96%
PQ 16157 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15883 3.84%
Incuse 15180 3.67%
Coin drop 14989 3.62%
High Relief 14827 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14531 3.51%
Obverse or Face side 14239 3.44%