Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1100698 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) 55877 13.30%
Silver Clad 32780 7.80%
Coin Silver 24839 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23761 5.66%
BN 23342 5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22281 5.30%
RB 21791 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18764 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18756 4.47%
Reeded Edge 17584 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17396 4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16858 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16696 3.98%
Rarity 16617 3.96%
PQ 16335 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16032 3.82%
Incuse 15354 3.66%
Coin drop 15175 3.61%
High Relief 14988 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14719 3.50%