Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1044834 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) 55356 13.57%
Silver Clad 32285 7.91%
Coin Silver 24366 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23298 5.71%
BN 22873 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21876 5.36%
RB 21326 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18354 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18058 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17129 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16976 4.16%
Rarity 16061 3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16049 3.93%
PQ 15874 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15629 3.83%
Incuse 14935 3.66%
Coin drop 14675 3.60%
High Relief 14555 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14238 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13974 3.43%