Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1041331 search inquires.

Selected title: 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 titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55308	13.58%
Silver Clad	32248	7.92%
Coin Silver	24337	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23265	5.71%
BN	22829	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21851	5.37%
RB	21298	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18317	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18023	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17085	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16942	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16017	3.93%
Rarity	16014	3.93%
PQ	15848	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15593	3.83%
Incuse	14908	3.66%
Coin drop	14639	3.59%
High Relief	14526	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14205	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13946	3.42%