Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 410415 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)	27029	13.98%
Silver Clad	21326	11.03%
BN	13253	6.86%
Encapsulated Coin	12195	6.31%
RB	10915	5.65%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	9397	4.86%
Slabbed Coins	9275	4.80%
Coin Silver	8741	4.52%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	8641	4.47%
Reeded Edge	8444	4.37%
PF (PF60, PF70)	7819	4.04%
PQ	7093	3.67%
PR (PR60, PR70)	6918	3.58%
MS (MS60-MS70)	6775	3.50%
High Relief	6726	3.48%
Obverse or Face side	6704	3.47%
Reverse Cameo	5716	2.96%
Rarity	5664	2.93%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	5450	2.82%
Clad Coinage	5233	2.71%