Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 891853 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) 53508  14.30%
Silver Clad 30743  8.21%
Coin Silver 22775  6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21611  5.77%
BN 21027  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20447  5.46%
RB 19433  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16806  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16366  4.37%
Reeded Edge 15542  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15488  4.14%
PQ 14300  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14152  3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14119  3.77%
Rarity 13920  3.72%
Incuse 13202  3.53%
High Relief 13031  3.48%
Coin drop 13007  3.48%
Reverse Cameo 12452  3.33%
Obverse or Face side 12318  3.29%