Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 918260 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) 54022 14.08%
Silver Clad 31179 8.12%
Coin Silver 23241 6.06%
Slabbed Coins 22082 5.75%
BN 21577 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20887 5.44%
RB 19945 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17261 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16856 4.39%
Reeded Edge 15969 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15957 4.16%
PQ 14745 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14608 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14578 3.80%
Rarity 14520 3.78%
Incuse 13702 3.57%
High Relief 13469 3.51%
Coin drop 13461 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12955 3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12752 3.32%