Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1006670 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) 55005 13.69%
Silver Clad 31997 7.96%
Coin Silver 24080 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22980 5.72%
BN 22555 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21624 5.38%
RB 20979 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18074 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17786 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16826 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16738 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15785 3.93%
Rarity 15625 3.89%
PQ 15603 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15361 3.82%
Incuse 14654 3.65%
Coin drop 14377 3.58%
High Relief 14298 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 13942 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13625 3.39%