Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 504113 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)	31790	13.88%
Silver Clad	23877	10.42%
BN	14917	6.51%
Encapsulated Coin	14296	6.24%
RB	12896	5.63%
Slabbed Coins	12333	5.38%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	10822	4.72%
Coin Silver	10715	4.68%
Reeded Edge	10063	4.39%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	9976	4.35%
PF (PF60, PF70)	9566	4.18%
PQ	8526	3.72%
MS (MS60-MS70)	8498	3.71%
PR (PR60, PR70)	8208	3.58%
High Relief	8032	3.51%
Obverse or Face side	7706	3.36%
Rarity	6936	3.03%
Incuse	6648	2.90%
Reverse Cameo	6640	2.90%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	6557	2.86%