Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 259471 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)	17518	13.81%
Silver Clad	14078	11.10%
BN	9589	7.56%
Encapsulated Coin	8150	6.43%
RB	7007	5.53%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	6514	5.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	6442	5.08%
Reeded Edge	5512	4.35%
Coin Silver	5389	4.25%
PF (PF60, PF70)	5190	4.09%
Obverse or Face side	5008	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	4856	3.83%
PQ	4468	3.52%
MS (MS60-MS70)	4369	3.45%
Reverse Cameo	4097	3.23%
High Relief	4057	3.20%
Slabbed Coins	3927	3.10%
Clad Coinage	3615	2.85%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	3555	2.80%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML)	3389	2.67%