Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1010175 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) 55028  13.67%
Silver Clad 32011  7.95%
Coin Silver 24101  5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23004  5.72%
BN 22588  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21641  5.38%
RB 21004  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18099  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17808  4.43%
Reeded Edge 16851  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16758  4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15803  3.93%
Rarity 15659  3.89%
PQ 15624  3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15385  3.82%
Incuse 14677  3.65%
Coin drop 14400  3.58%
High Relief 14315  3.56%
Reverse Cameo 13970  3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13649  3.39%