Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1114701 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) 55989 13.26%
Silver Clad 32894 7.79%
Coin Silver 24949 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23887 5.66%
BN 23445 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22386 5.30%
RB 21893 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18868 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18836 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17699 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17505 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 16955 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16849 3.99%
Rarity 16748 3.97%
PQ 16435 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16126 3.82%
Incuse 15465 3.66%
Coin drop 15295 3.62%
High Relief 15079 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14817 3.51%