Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 882152 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) 53276  14.38%
Silver Clad 30561  8.25%
Coin Silver 22578  6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21424  5.78%
BN 20828  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20273  5.47%
RB 19225  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16619  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16148  4.36%
Reeded Edge 15363  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15304  4.13%
PQ 14110  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13981  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13946  3.76%
Rarity 13696  3.70%
Incuse 13002  3.51%
High Relief 12850  3.47%
Coin drop 12825  3.46%
Reverse Cameo 12279  3.31%
Obverse or Face side 12150  3.28%