Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1134701 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) 56153 13.20%
Silver Clad 33043 7.77%
Coin Silver 25131 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24055 5.66%
BN 23588 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22537 5.30%
RB 22048 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19040 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18961 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17855 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17655 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17077 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17053 4.01%
Rarity 16942 3.98%
PQ 16585 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16268 3.82%
Incuse 15623 3.67%
Coin drop 15485 3.64%
High Relief 15233 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14987 3.52%