Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 958693 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) 54564  13.87%
Silver Clad 31613  8.03%
Coin Silver 23698  6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22560  5.73%
BN 22101  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21290  5.41%
RB 20483  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17709  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17345  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16443  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16397  4.17%
PQ 15227  3.87%
Rarity 15124  3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15070  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15008  3.81%
Incuse 14226  3.62%
Coin drop 13959  3.55%
High Relief 13915  3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13488  3.43%
Obverse or Face side 13207  3.36%