Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 501287 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)	31664	13.88%
Silver Clad	23818	10.44%
BN	14872	6.52%
Encapsulated Coin	14245	6.25%
RB	12850	5.63%
Slabbed Coins	12251	5.37%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	10780	4.73%
Coin Silver	10677	4.68%
Reeded Edge	10031	4.40%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	9944	4.36%
PF (PF60, PF70)	9520	4.17%
PQ	8482	3.72%
MS (MS60-MS70)	8452	3.71%
PR (PR60, PR70)	8166	3.58%
High Relief	7995	3.51%
Obverse or Face side	7683	3.37%
Rarity	6906	3.03%
Reverse Cameo	6620	2.90%
Incuse	6588	2.89%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	6525	2.86%