Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1054899 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) 55439 13.55%
Silver Clad 32345 7.90%
Coin Silver 24446 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23355 5.71%
BN 22939 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21937 5.36%
RB 21390 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18408 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18121 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17200 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17030 4.16%
Rarity 16148 3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16124 3.94%
PQ 15940 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15685 3.83%
Incuse 14985 3.66%
Coin drop 14751 3.60%
High Relief 14610 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14297 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 14041 3.43%