Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 923380 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) 54085  14.04%
Silver Clad 31232  8.11%
Coin Silver 23303  6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22149  5.75%
BN 21643  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20954  5.44%
RB 20013  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17328  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16916  4.39%
Reeded Edge 16044  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16031  4.16%
PQ 14804  3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14672  3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14653  3.80%
Rarity 14595  3.79%
Incuse 13770  3.58%
High Relief 13535  3.51%
Coin drop 13523  3.51%
Reverse Cameo 13024  3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12814  3.33%