Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1155607 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) 56395 13.13%
Silver Clad 33255 7.74%
Coin Silver 25344 5.90%
Slabbed Coins 24264 5.65%
BN 23796 5.54%
Encapsulated Coin 22739 5.29%
RB 22256 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19257 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 19129 4.45%
Reeded Edge 18066 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17849 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17281 4.02%
Obverse or Face side 17265 4.02%
Rarity 17183 4.00%
PQ 16789 3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16437 3.83%
Incuse 15826 3.68%
Coin drop 15716 3.66%
High Relief 15442 3.60%
Reverse Cameo 15210 3.54%