Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 969913 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) 54695  13.82%
Silver Clad 31721  8.01%
Coin Silver 23802  6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22674  5.73%
BN 22230  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21380  5.40%
RB 20608  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17821  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17461  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16550  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16500  4.17%
PQ 15344  3.88%
Rarity 15274  3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15179  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15113  3.82%
Incuse 14353  3.63%
Coin drop 14081  3.56%
High Relief 14026  3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13618  3.44%
Obverse or Face side 13338  3.37%