Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1070090 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) 55580 13.48%
Silver Clad 32483 7.88%
Coin Silver 24596 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23484 5.70%
BN 23063 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22059 5.35%
RB 21524 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18523 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18429 4.47%
Reeded Edge 17340 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17165 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16363 3.97%
Rarity 16287 3.95%
PQ 16078 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15806 3.83%
Incuse 15106 3.67%
Coin drop 14902 3.62%
High Relief 14753 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14431 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14170 3.44%