Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 935845 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) 54261 13.98%
Silver Clad 31371 8.08%
Coin Silver 23451 6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22281 5.74%
BN 21822 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21085 5.43%
RB 20176 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17478 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17083 4.40%
Reeded Edge 16185 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16182 4.17%
PQ 14952 3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14792 3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14791 3.81%
Rarity 14780 3.81%
Incuse 13922 3.59%
High Relief 13677 3.52%
Coin drop 13673 3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13216 3.40%
Obverse or Face side 12951 3.34%