Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1082884 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) 55700 13.44%
Silver Clad 32629 7.87%
Coin Silver 24709 5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23603 5.69%
BN 23205 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22160 5.35%
RB 21634 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18623 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18564 4.48%
Reeded Edge 17443 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17271 4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16485 3.98%
Rarity 16423 3.96%
PQ 16190 3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15907 3.84%
Incuse 15209 3.67%
Coin drop 15020 3.62%
High Relief 14852 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14567 3.51%
Obverse or Face side 14262 3.44%