Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 929536 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) 54171 14.01%
Silver Clad 31314 8.10%
Coin Silver 23381 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22220 5.75%
BN 21739 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21018 5.43%
RB 20103 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17402 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17006 4.40%
Reeded Edge 16114 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16101 4.16%
PQ 14875 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14735 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14720 3.81%
Rarity 14693 3.80%
Incuse 13856 3.58%
High Relief 13612 3.52%
Coin drop 13601 3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13128 3.39%
Obverse or Face side 12887 3.33%