Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 959228 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) 54574 13.86%
Silver Clad 31618 8.03%
Coin Silver 23705 6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22564 5.73%
BN 22104 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21294 5.41%
RB 20486 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17719 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17351 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16449 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16401 4.17%
PQ 15235 3.87%
Rarity 15135 3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15077 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15015 3.81%
Incuse 14231 3.62%
Coin drop 13969 3.55%
High Relief 13919 3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13492 3.43%
Obverse or Face side 13217 3.36%