Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1128516 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) 56106 13.22%
Silver Clad 32995 7.77%
Coin Silver 25085 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24002 5.66%
BN 23552 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22498 5.30%
RB 22005 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18983 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18934 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17816 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17617 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17038 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16996 4.00%
Rarity 16871 3.98%
PQ 16545 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16236 3.83%
Incuse 15576 3.67%
Coin drop 15430 3.64%
High Relief 15192 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14941 3.52%