Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1139572 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) 56203 13.19%
Silver Clad 33084 7.76%
Coin Silver 25178 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24094 5.65%
BN 23634 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22581 5.30%
RB 22093 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19076 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18994 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17900 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17692 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17112 4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17108 4.01%
Rarity 16995 3.99%
PQ 16627 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16301 3.82%
Incuse 15663 3.68%
Coin drop 15530 3.64%
High Relief 15275 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15032 3.53%