Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 425339 search inquires.

Selected term: 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 terms

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	27828	13.95%
Silver Clad	21854	10.95%
BN	13558	6.79%
Encapsulated Coin	12550	6.29%
RB	11276	5.65%
Slabbed Coins	9831	4.93%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	9619	4.82%
Coin Silver	9116	4.57%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	8867	4.44%
Reeded Edge	8705	4.36%
PF (PF60, PF70)	8105	4.06%
PQ	7307	3.66%
PR (PR60, PR70)	7129	3.57%
MS (MS60-MS70)	7030	3.52%
High Relief	6929	3.47%
Obverse or Face side	6869	3.44%
Reverse Cameo	5899	2.96%
Rarity	5884	2.95%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	5632	2.82%
Clad Coinage	5444	2.73%