Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 995791 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) 54909  13.72%
Silver Clad 31911  7.97%
Coin Silver 23983  5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22894  5.72%
BN 22461  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21549  5.39%
RB 20872  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17992  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17688  4.42%
Reeded Edge 16747  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16665  4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15696  3.92%
PQ 15520  3.88%
Rarity 15516  3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15286  3.82%
Incuse 14572  3.64%
Coin drop 14288  3.57%
High Relief 14208  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13846  3.46%
Obverse or Face side 13520  3.38%