Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 550967 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

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	34059	13.83%
Silver Clad	25180	10.22%
BN	15631	6.35%
Encapsulated Coin	15042	6.11%
RB	13878	5.64%
Slabbed Coins	13674	5.55%
Coin Silver	11613	4.72%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	11445	4.65%
Reeded Edge	10782	4.38%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	10558	4.29%
PF (PF60, PF70)	10533	4.28%
MS (MS60-MS70)	9300	3.78%
PQ	9276	3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70)	8839	3.59%
High Relief	8704	3.53%
Obverse or Face side	8162	3.31%
Incuse	7894	3.21%
Rarity	7565	3.07%
Reverse Cameo	7087	2.88%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	7032	2.86%