Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 976118 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) 54755  13.79%
Silver Clad 31763  8.00%
Coin Silver 23850  6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22743  5.73%
BN 22290  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21430  5.40%
RB 20675  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17859  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17521  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16599  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16544  4.17%
PQ 15395  3.88%
Rarity 15335  3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15244  3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15175  3.82%
Incuse 14416  3.63%
Coin drop 14133  3.56%
High Relief 14073  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13672  3.44%
Obverse or Face side 13385  3.37%