Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1049802 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) 55403 13.56%
Silver Clad 32319 7.91%
Coin Silver 24412 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23326 5.71%
BN 22900 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21903 5.36%
RB 21356 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18377 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18090 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17157 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17003 4.16%
Rarity 16112 3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16085 3.94%
PQ 15903 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15660 3.83%
Incuse 14961 3.66%
Coin drop 14714 3.60%
High Relief 14578 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14262 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 14009 3.43%