Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1108078 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) 55931 13.28%
Silver Clad 32837 7.80%
Coin Silver 24896 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23823 5.66%
BN 23397 5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22334 5.30%
RB 21841 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18817 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18799 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17651 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17453 4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16909 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16774 3.98%
Rarity 16673 3.96%
PQ 16386 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16079 3.82%
Incuse 15406 3.66%
Coin drop 15229 3.62%
High Relief 15036 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14775 3.51%