Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 821749 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) 46617  13.46%
Silver Clad 29663  8.56%
Coin Silver 21665  6.25%
Slabbed Coins 20532  5.93%
BN 19934  5.75%
Encapsulated Coin 19381  5.60%
RB 18380  5.31%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 15566  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15201  4.39%
Reeded Edge 14509  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14379  4.15%
PQ 13280  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13082  3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13064  3.77%
Rarity 12577  3.63%
Incuse 12112  3.50%
High Relief 12067  3.48%
Coin drop 11671  3.37%
Reverse Cameo 11382  3.29%
Obverse or Face side 11320  3.27%