Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1128302 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) 56104  13.22%
Silver Clad 32994  7.77%
Coin Silver 25081  5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24001  5.66%
BN 23551  5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22496  5.30%
RB 22004  5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18980  4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18931  4.46%
Reeded Edge 17814  4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17616  4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17036  4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16995  4.00%
Rarity 16868  3.97%
PQ 16540  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16234  3.83%
Incuse 15573  3.67%
Coin drop 15427  3.64%
High Relief 15191  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14939  3.52%