Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1078160 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) 55662  13.46%
Silver Clad 32546  7.87%
Coin Silver 24660  5.96%
Slabbed Coins 23554  5.70%
BN 23130  5.59%
Encapsulated Coin 22118  5.35%
RB 21594  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18586  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18502  4.47%
Reeded Edge 17404  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17232  4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16449  3.98%
Rarity 16374  3.96%
PQ 16143  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15868  3.84%
Incuse 15167  3.67%
Coin drop 14974  3.62%
High Relief 14813  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14508  3.51%
Obverse or Face side 14228  3.44%