Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1034892 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) 55247 13.60%
Silver Clad 32198 7.93%
Coin Silver 24284 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23205 5.71%
BN 22779 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21805 5.37%
RB 21241 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18248 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17978 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17035 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16904 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15967 3.93%
Rarity 15929 3.92%
PQ 15803 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15543 3.83%
Incuse 14852 3.66%
Coin drop 14577 3.59%
High Relief 14479 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14155 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13888 3.42%