Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1111935 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) 55974 13.27%
Silver Clad 32874 7.79%
Coin Silver 24931 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23862 5.66%
BN 23433 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22372 5.30%
RB 21875 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18856 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18824 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17681 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17490 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 16943 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16825 3.99%
Rarity 16724 3.96%
PQ 16419 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16119 3.82%
Incuse 15446 3.66%
Coin drop 15276 3.62%
High Relief 15067 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14806 3.51%