Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 482992 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)	30798	13.89%
Silver Clad	23402	10.55%
BN	14609	6.59%
Encapsulated Coin	13880	6.26%
RB	12512	5.64%
Slabbed Coins	11729	5.29%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	10533	4.75%
Coin Silver	10366	4.68%
Reeded Edge	9724	4.39%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	9703	4.38%
PF (PF60, PF70)	9190	4.14%
PQ	8200	3.70%
MS (MS60-MS70)	8105	3.66%
PR (PR60, PR70)	7928	3.58%
High Relief	7786	3.51%
Obverse or Face side	7504	3.38%
Rarity	6665	3.01%
Reverse Cameo	6457	2.91%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	6313	2.85%
Clad Coinage	6221	2.81%