Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1057476 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) 55466 13.54%
Silver Clad 32370 7.90%
Coin Silver 24473 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23374 5.71%
BN 22962 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21958 5.36%
RB 21410 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18428 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18140 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17223 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17053 4.16%
Rarity 16174 3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16149 3.94%
PQ 15964 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15707 3.83%
Incuse 15006 3.66%
Coin drop 14784 3.61%
High Relief 14639 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14316 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 14061 3.43%