Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 491784 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)	31225	13.89%
Silver Clad	23594	10.49%
BN	14750	6.56%
Encapsulated Coin	14082	6.26%
RB	12679	5.64%
Slabbed Coins	11977	5.33%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	10645	4.73%
Coin Silver	10512	4.68%
Reeded Edge	9856	4.38%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	9825	4.37%
PF (PF60, PF70)	9348	4.16%
PQ	8338	3.71%
MS (MS60-MS70)	8270	3.68%
PR (PR60, PR70)	8052	3.58%
High Relief	7886	3.51%
Obverse or Face side	7600	3.38%
Rarity	6783	3.02%
Reverse Cameo	6535	2.91%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	6427	2.86%
Clad Coinage	6353	2.83%