Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1075309 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) 55634 13.47%
Silver Clad 32526 7.87%
Coin Silver 24640 5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23539 5.70%
BN 23106 5.59%
Encapsulated Coin 22093 5.35%
RB 21570 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18562 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18487 4.48%
Reeded Edge 17383 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17211 4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16426 3.98%
Rarity 16345 3.96%
PQ 16128 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15854 3.84%
Incuse 15149 3.67%
Coin drop 14950 3.62%
High Relief 14797 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14477 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14208 3.44%