Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1073650 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) 55613 13.47%
Silver Clad 32508 7.88%
Coin Silver 24622 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23523 5.70%
BN 23091 5.59%
Encapsulated Coin 22077 5.35%
RB 21553 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18547 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18461 4.47%
Reeded Edge 17368 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17186 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16403 3.97%
Rarity 16323 3.95%
PQ 16112 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15835 3.84%
Incuse 15131 3.67%
Coin drop 14933 3.62%
High Relief 14777 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14460 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14193 3.44%