Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1051984 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) 55421 13.55%
Silver Clad 32336 7.91%
Coin Silver 24429 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23341 5.71%
BN 22917 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21919 5.36%
RB 21365 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18391 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18105 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17178 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17015 4.16%
Rarity 16132 3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16101 3.94%
PQ 15926 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15672 3.83%
Incuse 14972 3.66%
Coin drop 14737 3.60%
High Relief 14600 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14277 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 14024 3.43%