Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 668745 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)	38147	13.15%
Silver Clad	27258	9.40%
Coin Silver	19445	6.70%
BN	17256	5.95%
Encapsulated Coin	16668	5.75%
Slabbed Coins	16577	5.71%
RB	15889	5.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	12976	4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70)	12696	4.38%
Reeded Edge	12409	4.28%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	12115	4.18%
PQ	10864	3.74%
MS (MS60-MS70)	10819	3.73%
PR (PR60, PR70)	10684	3.68%
High Relief	10015	3.45%
Incuse	9991	3.44%
Coin drop	9357	3.23%
Obverse or Face side	9287	3.20%
Rarity	9260	3.19%
Reverse Cameo	8388	2.89%