Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1064310 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) 55527 13.51%
Silver Clad 32430 7.89%
Coin Silver 24542 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23429 5.70%
BN 23015 5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 22011 5.36%
RB 21472 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18487 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18289 4.45%
Reeded Edge 17291 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17115 4.16%
Rarity 16233 3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16215 3.95%
PQ 16028 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15764 3.84%
Incuse 15056 3.66%
Coin drop 14853 3.61%
High Relief 14702 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14378 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14123 3.44%