Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 937294 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) 54276  13.97%
Silver Clad 31388  8.08%
Coin Silver 23464  6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22304  5.74%
BN 21842  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21102  5.43%
RB 20202  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17494  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17101  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16206  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16193  4.17%
PQ 14968  3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14813  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14806  3.81%
Rarity 14803  3.81%
Incuse 13939  3.59%
Coin drop 13691  3.52%
High Relief 13690  3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13232  3.41%
Obverse or Face side 12962  3.34%