Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 944938 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) 54364 13.93%
Silver Clad 31474 8.06%
Coin Silver 23550 6.03%
Slabbed Coins 22407 5.74%
BN 21949 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21171 5.42%
RB 20302 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17571 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17188 4.40%
Reeded Edge 16292 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16262 4.17%
PQ 15052 3.86%
Rarity 14910 3.82%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14888 3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14878 3.81%
Incuse 14040 3.60%
Coin drop 13796 3.53%
High Relief 13770 3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13325 3.41%
Obverse or Face side 13042 3.34%