Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1071874 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) 55593 13.48%
Silver Clad 32492 7.88%
Coin Silver 24611 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23502 5.70%
BN 23079 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22068 5.35%
RB 21537 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18534 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18442 4.47%
Reeded Edge 17351 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17175 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16384 3.97%
Rarity 16306 3.95%
PQ 16102 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15817 3.84%
Incuse 15115 3.66%
Coin drop 14919 3.62%
High Relief 14768 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14441 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14179 3.44%