Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 537958 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)	33474	13.86%
Silver Clad	24864	10.30%
BN	15435	6.39%
Encapsulated Coin	14846	6.15%
RB	13553	5.61%
Slabbed Coins	13298	5.51%
Coin Silver	11371	4.71%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	11265	4.66%
Reeded Edge	10580	4.38%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	10400	4.31%
PF (PF60, PF70)	10231	4.24%
MS (MS60-MS70)	9096	3.77%
PQ	9057	3.75%
PR (PR60, PR70)	8624	3.57%
High Relief	8481	3.51%
Obverse or Face side	8057	3.34%
Incuse	7582	3.14%
Rarity	7409	3.07%
Reverse Cameo	6981	2.89%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	6894	2.85%