Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 857951 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)	52644	14.55%
Silver Clad	30151	8.33%
Coin Silver	22160	6.12%
Slabbed Coins	21032	5.81%
BN	20393	5.64%
Encapsulated Coin	19883	5.49%
RB	18808	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16182	4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70)	15687	4.33%
Reeded Edge	14958	4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	14903	4.12%
PQ	13731	3.79%
MS (MS60-MS70)	13595	3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70)	13559	3.75%
Rarity	13192	3.65%
Incuse	12601	3.48%
High Relief	12489	3.45%
Coin drop	12314	3.40%
Reverse Cameo	11846	3.27%
Obverse or Face side	11746	3.25%