Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 955298 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) 54520  13.88%
Silver Clad 31586  8.04%
Coin Silver 23671  6.03%
Slabbed Coins 22525  5.74%
BN 22068  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21271  5.42%
RB 20444  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17669  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17300  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16410  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16368  4.17%
PQ 15192  3.87%
Rarity 15065  3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15016  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14981  3.81%
Incuse 14185  3.61%
Coin drop 13928  3.55%
High Relief 13883  3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13456  3.43%
Obverse or Face side 13167  3.35%