Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1130892 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) 56129 13.21%
Silver Clad 33017 7.77%
Coin Silver 25101 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24023 5.66%
BN 23564 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22514 5.30%
RB 22020 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19000 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18946 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17832 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17629 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17053 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17015 4.01%
Rarity 16902 3.98%
PQ 16558 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16248 3.83%
Incuse 15592 3.67%
Coin drop 15455 3.64%
High Relief 15212 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14958 3.52%