Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 923579 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) 54088  14.04%
Silver Clad 31236  8.11%
Coin Silver 23309  6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22151  5.75%
BN 21650  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20956  5.44%
RB 20019  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17330  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16919  4.39%
Reeded Edge 16048  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16037  4.16%
PQ 14806  3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14676  3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14655  3.80%
Rarity 14595  3.79%
Incuse 13773  3.58%
High Relief 13537  3.51%
Coin drop 13527  3.51%
Reverse Cameo 13033  3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12818  3.33%