Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 636147 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	37404	13.37%
Silver Clad	26757	9.57%
Coin Silver	18931	6.77%
BN	16795	6.00%
Encapsulated Coin	16206	5.79%
Slabbed Coins	15826	5.66%
RB	15367	5.49%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	12524	4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70)	12148	4.34%
Reeded Edge	11947	4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	11645	4.16%
PQ	10422	3.73%
MS (MS60-MS70)	10326	3.69%
PR (PR60, PR70)	10216	3.65%
High Relief	9606	3.43%
Incuse	9523	3.40%
Coin drop	8863	3.17%
Obverse or Face side	8830	3.16%
Rarity	8502	3.04%
Reverse Cameo	7882	2.82%