Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 871912 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) 53049  14.48%
Silver Clad 30376  8.29%
Coin Silver 22367  6.11%
Slabbed Coins 21228  5.79%
BN 20603  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20093  5.48%
RB 19033  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16445  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15906  4.34%
Reeded Edge 15169  4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15120  4.13%
PQ 13926  3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13807  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13761  3.76%
Rarity 13418  3.66%
Incuse 12783  3.49%
High Relief 12677  3.46%
Coin drop 12587  3.44%
Reverse Cameo 12044  3.29%
Obverse or Face side 11935  3.26%