Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 971919 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) 54704 13.81%
Silver Clad 31731 8.01%
Coin Silver 23813 6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22686 5.73%
BN 22245 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21392 5.40%
RB 20621 5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17832 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17473 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16559 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16509 4.17%
PQ 15355 3.88%
Rarity 15285 3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15190 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15125 3.82%
Incuse 14363 3.63%
Coin drop 14093 3.56%
High Relief 14035 3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13632 3.44%
Obverse or Face side 13347 3.37%