Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1067489 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) 55552 13.50%
Silver Clad 32459 7.89%
Coin Silver 24569 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23453 5.70%
BN 23029 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22029 5.35%
RB 21494 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18499 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18312 4.45%
Reeded Edge 17317 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17137 4.17%
Rarity 16254 3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16239 3.95%
PQ 16050 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15781 3.84%
Incuse 15077 3.66%
Coin drop 14875 3.62%
High Relief 14728 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14402 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14143 3.44%