Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1151572 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) 56334 13.15%
Silver Clad 33197 7.75%
Coin Silver 25293 5.90%
Slabbed Coins 24218 5.65%
BN 23742 5.54%
Encapsulated Coin 22691 5.30%
RB 22207 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19193 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 19085 4.45%
Reeded Edge 18018 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17796 4.15%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17226 4.02%
Obverse or Face side 17213 4.02%
Rarity 17130 4.00%
PQ 16736 3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16396 3.83%
Incuse 15778 3.68%
Coin drop 15667 3.66%
High Relief 15396 3.59%
Reverse Cameo 15154 3.54%