Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1047448 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) 55373 13.56%
Silver Clad 32302 7.91%
Coin Silver 24386 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23311 5.71%
BN 22886 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21891 5.36%
RB 21339 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18364 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18071 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17143 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16990 4.16%
Rarity 16086 3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16064 3.93%
PQ 15891 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15642 3.83%
Incuse 14947 3.66%
Coin drop 14694 3.60%
High Relief 14564 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14251 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13991 3.43%