Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 939910 search inquires.

Selected title: Coin Silver
Explanation: In the US, coin silver often means the purity of silver used in circulating coins dated before 1965. Back then dimes, quarters, half dollars, and silver dollars were 90% solid silver, made of 90% silver and 10% copper. Other countries may use the words "coin silver" to mean the purity used in their silver coins, which may be different from US coins

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54305  13.96%
Silver Clad 31418  8.07%
Coin Silver 23493  6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22344  5.74%
BN 21879  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21130  5.43%
RB 20232  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17517  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17133  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16235  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16218  4.17%
PQ 14996  3.85%
Rarity 14843  3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14841  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14829  3.81%
Incuse 13973  3.59%
Coin drop 13729  3.53%
High Relief 13717  3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13266  3.41%
Obverse or Face side 12988  3.34%