Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1121614 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) 56052 13.24%
Silver Clad 32947 7.78%
Coin Silver 25010 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23944 5.66%
BN 23498 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22450 5.30%
RB 21949 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18925 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18888 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17765 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17568 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 16996 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16922 4.00%
Rarity 16814 3.97%
PQ 16494 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16174 3.82%
Incuse 15517 3.67%
Coin drop 15360 3.63%
High Relief 15144 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14878 3.51%