Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 608698 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)	36564	13.74%
Silver Clad	26322	9.89%
BN	16487	6.19%
Encapsulated Coin	15893	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	15266	5.74%
RB	14966	5.62%
Coin Silver	12533	4.71%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	12192	4.58%
PF (PF60, PF70)	11739	4.41%
Reeded Edge	11586	4.35%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	11324	4.25%
PQ	10103	3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70)	10013	3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70)	9837	3.70%
High Relief	9317	3.50%
Incuse	9097	3.42%
Obverse or Face side	8607	3.23%
Coin drop	8481	3.19%
Rarity	8212	3.09%
Reverse Cameo	7608	2.86%