Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 733508 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	41806	13.25%
Silver Clad	28412	9.01%
Coin Silver	20486	6.49%
Slabbed Coins	18691	5.93%
BN	18438	5.85%
Encapsulated Coin	17781	5.64%
RB	17111	5.42%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	13991	4.44%
PF (PF60, PF70)	13851	4.39%
Reeded Edge	13380	4.24%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	13075	4.15%
PQ	12036	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	11862	3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70)	11718	3.71%
High Relief	10991	3.48%
Incuse	10970	3.48%
Rarity	10792	3.42%
Coin drop	10339	3.28%
Obverse or Face side	10232	3.24%
Reverse Cameo	9404	2.98%