Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 934897 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) 54241  13.98%
Silver Clad 31354  8.08%
Coin Silver 23429  6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22261  5.74%
BN 21800  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21067  5.43%
RB 20154  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17460  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17062  4.40%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16166  4.17%
Reeded Edge 16165  4.17%
PQ 14931  3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14776  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14769  3.81%
Rarity 14756  3.80%
Incuse 13906  3.58%
High Relief 13659  3.52%
Coin drop 13657  3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13196  3.40%
Obverse or Face side 12930  3.33%