Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1146419 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) 56272 13.17%
Silver Clad 33148 7.76%
Coin Silver 25239 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24154 5.65%
BN 23689 5.54%
Encapsulated Coin 22640 5.30%
RB 22164 5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19134 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 19040 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17957 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17744 4.15%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17167 4.02%
Obverse or Face side 17160 4.02%
Rarity 17071 3.99%
PQ 16682 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16345 3.82%
Incuse 15723 3.68%
Coin drop 15606 3.65%
High Relief 15335 3.59%
Reverse Cameo 15098 3.53%