Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 522740 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)	32591	13.80%
Silver Clad	24342	10.31%
BN	15167	6.42%
Encapsulated Coin	14573	6.17%
RB	13223	5.60%
Slabbed Coins	12818	5.43%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	11058	4.68%
Coin Silver	11039	4.67%
Reeded Edge	10342	4.38%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	10240	4.34%
PF (PF60, PF70)	9899	4.19%
MS (MS60-MS70)	8791	3.72%
PQ	8790	3.72%
PR (PR60, PR70)	8421	3.57%
High Relief	8252	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	7889	3.34%
Rarity	7170	3.04%
Incuse	7148	3.03%
Reverse Cameo	6835	2.89%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	6725	2.85%