Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 785665 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) 45014 13.44%
Silver Clad 29223 8.73%
Coin Silver 21254 6.35%
Slabbed Coins 19942 5.95%
BN 19404 5.79%
Encapsulated Coin 18803 5.61%
RB 17989 5.37%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 14845 4.43%
PF (PF60, PF70) 14713 4.39%
Reeded Edge 14122 4.22%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 13895 4.15%
PQ 12909 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 12617 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 12541 3.74%
Rarity 11954 3.57%
Incuse 11722 3.50%
High Relief 11692 3.49%
Coin drop 11123 3.32%
Obverse or Face side 10939 3.27%
Reverse Cameo 10197 3.04%