Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 576627 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)	35304	13.79%
Silver Clad	25771	10.06%
BN	16053	6.27%
Encapsulated Coin	15505	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	14507	5.66%
RB	14476	5.65%
Coin Silver	12114	4.73%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	11823	4.62%
PF (PF60, PF70)	11176	4.36%
Reeded Edge	11172	4.36%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	10940	4.27%
PQ	9734	3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70)	9680	3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70)	9376	3.66%
High Relief	9010	3.52%
Incuse	8518	3.33%
Obverse or Face side	8381	3.27%
Rarity	7888	3.08%
Reverse Cameo	7311	2.85%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	7305	2.85%