Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 572395 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)	35099	13.78%
Silver Clad	25681	10.08%
BN	15976	6.27%
Encapsulated Coin	15430	6.06%
RB	14395	5.65%
Slabbed Coins	14363	5.64%
Coin Silver	12041	4.73%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	11765	4.62%
Reeded Edge	11112	4.36%
PF (PF60, PF70)	11085	4.35%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	10878	4.27%
PQ	9665	3.79%
MS (MS60-MS70)	9616	3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70)	9303	3.65%
High Relief	8962	3.52%
Incuse	8417	3.30%
Obverse or Face side	8347	3.28%
Rarity	7848	3.08%
Reverse Cameo	7277	2.86%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	7267	2.85%