Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1136685 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) 56179 13.20%
Silver Clad 33062 7.77%
Coin Silver 25146 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24073 5.66%
BN 23606 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22556 5.30%
RB 22066 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19056 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18978 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17878 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17672 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17089 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17075 4.01%
Rarity 16967 3.99%
PQ 16603 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16287 3.83%
Incuse 15636 3.67%
Coin drop 15502 3.64%
High Relief 15251 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15005 3.52%