Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1106323 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) 55910  13.29%
Silver Clad 32822  7.80%
Coin Silver 24878  5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23801  5.66%
BN 23378  5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22318  5.30%
RB 21827  5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18810  4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18784  4.46%
Reeded Edge 17634  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17434  4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16893  4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16754  3.98%
Rarity 16659  3.96%
PQ 16367  3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16065  3.82%
Incuse 15396  3.66%
Coin drop 15215  3.62%
High Relief 15020  3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14754  3.51%