Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1010247 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) 55031 13.67%
Silver Clad 32012 7.95%
Coin Silver 24104 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23005 5.72%
BN 22589 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21642 5.38%
RB 21005 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18100 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17811 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16852 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16760 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15806 3.93%
Rarity 15660 3.89%
PQ 15625 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15387 3.82%
Incuse 14680 3.65%
Coin drop 14401 3.58%
High Relief 14320 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 13973 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13651 3.39%