Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 551799 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)	34085	13.82%
Silver Clad	25189	10.22%
BN	15639	6.34%
Encapsulated Coin	15051	6.10%
RB	13903	5.64%
Slabbed Coins	13684	5.55%
Coin Silver	11626	4.71%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	11448	4.64%
Reeded Edge	10789	4.38%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	10572	4.29%
PF (PF60, PF70)	10540	4.27%
MS (MS60-MS70)	9307	3.77%
PQ	9284	3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70)	8849	3.59%
High Relief	8712	3.53%
Obverse or Face side	8166	3.31%
Incuse	7903	3.20%
Rarity	7570	3.07%
Reverse Cameo	7093	2.88%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	7037	2.85%