Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1119501 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) 56032 13.25%
Silver Clad 32936 7.79%
Coin Silver 24990 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23925 5.66%
BN 23485 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22431 5.30%
RB 21931 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18910 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18867 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17747 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17546 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 16987 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16899 4.00%
Rarity 16788 3.97%
PQ 16469 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16162 3.82%
Incuse 15498 3.66%
Coin drop 15343 3.63%
High Relief 15124 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14861 3.51%