Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1045634 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) 55361 13.57%
Silver Clad 32292 7.91%
Coin Silver 24372 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23305 5.71%
BN 22874 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21885 5.36%
RB 21330 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18360 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18064 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17133 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16983 4.16%
Rarity 16073 3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16055 3.94%
PQ 15882 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15631 3.83%
Incuse 14941 3.66%
Coin drop 14685 3.60%
High Relief 14560 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14242 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13977 3.43%