Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 858631 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	52672	14.54%
Silver Clad	30165	8.33%
Coin Silver	22173	6.12%
Slabbed Coins	21042	5.81%
BN	20406	5.63%
Encapsulated Coin	19898	5.49%
RB	18824	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16196	4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70)	15698	4.33%
Reeded Edge	14972	4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	14916	4.12%
PQ	13744	3.79%
MS (MS60-MS70)	13607	3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70)	13572	3.75%
Rarity	13208	3.65%
Incuse	12616	3.48%
High Relief	12501	3.45%
Coin drop	12332	3.40%
Reverse Cameo	11858	3.27%
Obverse or Face side	11759	3.25%