Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 458811 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)	29558	13.88%
Silver Clad	22828	10.72%
BN	14214	6.67%
Encapsulated Coin	13375	6.28%
RB	12024	5.65%
Slabbed Coins	11009	5.17%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	10187	4.78%
Coin Silver	9939	4.67%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	9348	4.39%
Reeded Edge	9287	4.36%
PF (PF60, PF70)	8734	4.10%
PQ	7841	3.68%
MS (MS60-MS70)	7672	3.60%
PR (PR60, PR70)	7595	3.57%
High Relief	7488	3.52%
Obverse or Face side	7250	3.40%
Rarity	6335	2.97%
Reverse Cameo	6238	2.93%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	6080	2.85%
Clad Coinage	5907	2.77%