Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 919686 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) 54041 14.07%
Silver Clad 31192 8.12%
Coin Silver 23265 6.06%
Slabbed Coins 22099 5.75%
BN 21603 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20915 5.44%
RB 19969 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17279 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16873 4.39%
Reeded Edge 15991 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15977 4.16%
PQ 14766 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14634 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14602 3.80%
Rarity 14543 3.79%
Incuse 13725 3.57%
High Relief 13487 3.51%
Coin drop 13476 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12976 3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12771 3.32%