Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 969858 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) 54695 13.82%
Silver Clad 31721 8.01%
Coin Silver 23802 6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22674 5.73%
BN 22230 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21380 5.40%
RB 20608 5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17821 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17461 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16550 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16500 4.17%
PQ 15344 3.88%
Rarity 15274 3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15179 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15113 3.82%
Incuse 14353 3.63%
Coin drop 14081 3.56%
High Relief 14026 3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13618 3.44%
Obverse or Face side 13338 3.37%