Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 903964 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) 53724  14.20%
Silver Clad 30917  8.17%
Coin Silver 22962  6.07%
Slabbed Coins 21803  5.76%
BN 21265  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20615  5.45%
RB 19652  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16991  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16572  4.38%
Reeded Edge 15715  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15686  4.15%
PQ 14474  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14341  3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14300  3.78%
Rarity 14185  3.75%
Incuse 13406  3.54%
High Relief 13198  3.49%
Coin drop 13194  3.49%
Reverse Cameo 12667  3.35%
Obverse or Face side 12491  3.30%