Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1008829 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) 55017 13.68%
Silver Clad 32004 7.96%
Coin Silver 24092 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22993 5.72%
BN 22571 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21635 5.38%
RB 20994 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18088 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17799 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16842 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16747 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15795 3.93%
Rarity 15640 3.89%
PQ 15619 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15375 3.82%
Incuse 14668 3.65%
Coin drop 14396 3.58%
High Relief 14311 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 13957 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13643 3.39%