Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1117085 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) 56012 13.25%
Silver Clad 32916 7.79%
Coin Silver 24972 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23908 5.66%
BN 23468 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22413 5.30%
RB 21911 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18891 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18857 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17728 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17530 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 16973 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16877 3.99%
Rarity 16771 3.97%
PQ 16451 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16149 3.82%
Incuse 15484 3.66%
Coin drop 15320 3.62%
High Relief 15106 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14843 3.51%