Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 769268 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) 44002 13.38%
Silver Clad 28967 8.81%
Coin Silver 21025 6.39%
Slabbed Coins 19567 5.95%
BN 19134 5.82%
Encapsulated Coin 18466 5.62%
RB 17777 5.41%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 14546 4.42%
PF (PF60, PF70) 14446 4.39%
Reeded Edge 13895 4.23%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 13634 4.15%
PQ 12678 3.86%
MS (MS60-MS70) 12400 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 12260 3.73%
Rarity 11541 3.51%
Incuse 11474 3.49%
High Relief 11473 3.49%
Coin drop 10865 3.30%
Obverse or Face side 10725 3.26%
Reverse Cameo 9928 3.02%