Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1011790 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) 55045 13.67%
Silver Clad 32023 7.95%
Coin Silver 24118 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23018 5.72%
BN 22604 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21657 5.38%
RB 21022 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18110 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17824 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16863 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16772 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15815 3.93%
Rarity 15674 3.89%
PQ 15638 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15397 3.82%
Incuse 14692 3.65%
Coin drop 14418 3.58%
High Relief 14334 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 13986 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13695 3.40%