Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 904777 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) 53751  14.19%
Silver Clad 30945  8.17%
Coin Silver 22982  6.07%
Slabbed Coins 21830  5.76%
BN 21292  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20637  5.45%
RB 19680  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17016  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16596  4.38%
Reeded Edge 15737  4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15708  4.15%
PQ 14500  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14363  3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14329  3.78%
Rarity 14215  3.75%
Incuse 13427  3.55%
Coin drop 13222  3.49%
High Relief 13219  3.49%
Reverse Cameo 12691  3.35%
Obverse or Face side 12510  3.30%