Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 966331 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) 54652  13.84%
Silver Clad 31687  8.02%
Coin Silver 23771  6.02%
Slabbed Coins 22636  5.73%
BN 22181  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21348  5.40%
RB 20564  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17789  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17418  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16512  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16463  4.17%
PQ 15310  3.88%
Rarity 15216  3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15142  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15083  3.82%
Incuse 14311  3.62%
Coin drop 14048  3.56%
High Relief 13985  3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13581  3.44%
Obverse or Face side 13301  3.37%