Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 882289 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) 53282  14.38%
Silver Clad 30564  8.25%
Coin Silver 22581  6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21426  5.78%
BN 20832  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20276  5.47%
RB 19226  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16623  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16154  4.36%
Reeded Edge 15365  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15308  4.13%
PQ 14111  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13985  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13949  3.76%
Rarity 13702  3.70%
Incuse 13005  3.51%
High Relief 12853  3.47%
Coin drop 12829  3.46%
Reverse Cameo 12280  3.31%
Obverse or Face side 12157  3.28%