Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1060282 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) 55485  13.53%
Silver Clad 32390  7.90%
Coin Silver 24501  5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23387  5.70%
BN 22980  5.60%
Encapsulated Coin 21970  5.36%
RB 21434  5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18443  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18155  4.43%
Reeded Edge 17247  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17070  4.16%
Rarity 16196  3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16172  3.94%
PQ 15980  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15720  3.83%
Incuse 15020  3.66%
Coin drop 14805  3.61%
High Relief 14659  3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14334  3.50%
Obverse or Face side 14084  3.43%