Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1124161 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) 56069 13.24%
Silver Clad 32961 7.78%
Coin Silver 25033 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23959 5.66%
BN 23517 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22463 5.30%
RB 21965 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18939 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18900 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17778 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17588 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17010 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16943 4.00%
Rarity 16826 3.97%
PQ 16507 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16187 3.82%
Incuse 15533 3.67%
Coin drop 15376 3.63%
High Relief 15154 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14898 3.52%