Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1018052 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) 55090 13.65%
Silver Clad 32064 7.95%
Coin Silver 24150 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23075 5.72%
BN 22645 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21685 5.37%
RB 21082 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18142 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17863 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16899 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16809 4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15848 3.93%
Rarity 15759 3.91%
PQ 15673 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15434 3.82%
Incuse 14738 3.65%
Coin drop 14450 3.58%
High Relief 14362 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14027 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13742 3.41%