Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 393773 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)	26123	14.06%
Silver Clad	20677	11.13%
BN	12791	6.89%
Encapsulated Coin	11783	6.34%
RB	10451	5.63%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	9059	4.88%
Slabbed Coins	8614	4.64%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	8377	4.51%
Coin Silver	8321	4.48%
Reeded Edge	8112	4.37%
PF (PF60, PF70)	7507	4.04%
PQ	6818	3.67%
PR (PR60, PR70)	6661	3.59%
Obverse or Face side	6471	3.48%
MS (MS60-MS70)	6468	3.48%
High Relief	6416	3.45%
Reverse Cameo	5469	2.94%
Rarity	5360	2.89%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	5220	2.81%
Clad Coinage	4994	2.69%