Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 749098 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) 42825 13.33%
Silver Clad 28658 8.92%
Coin Silver 20728 6.45%
Slabbed Coins 19083 5.94%
BN 18760 5.84%
Encapsulated Coin 18070 5.62%
RB 17431 5.43%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 14225 4.43%
PF (PF60, PF70) 14095 4.39%
Reeded Edge 13611 4.24%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 13307 4.14%
PQ 12316 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 12073 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 11943 3.72%
High Relief 11201 3.49%
Incuse 11182 3.48%
Rarity 11097 3.45%
Coin drop 10566 3.29%
Obverse or Face side 10435 3.25%
Reverse Cameo 9628 3.00%