Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 687839 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	38838	13.08%
Silver Clad	27568	9.28%
Coin Silver	19724	6.64%
BN	17591	5.92%
Slabbed Coins	17195	5.79%
Encapsulated Coin	16991	5.72%
RB	16249	5.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	13256	4.46%
PF (PF60, PF70)	13042	4.39%
Reeded Edge	12691	4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	12379	4.17%
PQ	11199	3.77%
MS (MS60-MS70)	11127	3.75%
PR (PR60, PR70)	10984	3.70%
High Relief	10290	3.47%
Incuse	10283	3.46%
Rarity	9659	3.25%
Coin drop	9624	3.24%
Obverse or Face side	9551	3.22%
Reverse Cameo	8674	2.92%