Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 882221 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

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 53280  14.38%
Silver Clad 30562  8.25%
Coin Silver 22579  6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21425  5.78%
BN 20831  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20274  5.47%
RB 19226  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16622  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16153  4.36%
Reeded Edge 15364  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15307  4.13%
PQ 14111  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13982  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13948  3.76%
Rarity 13699  3.70%
Incuse 13004  3.51%
High Relief 12852  3.47%
Coin drop 12827  3.46%
Reverse Cameo 12280  3.31%
Obverse or Face side 12155  3.28%