Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1091453 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) 55787  13.33%
Silver Clad 32706  7.81%
Coin Silver 24766  5.92%
Slabbed Coins 23681  5.66%
BN 23278  5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22216  5.31%
RB 21705  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18691  4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18680  4.46%
Reeded Edge 17512  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17331  4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16795  4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16597  3.97%
Rarity 16527  3.95%
PQ 16257  3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15971  3.82%
Incuse 15278  3.65%
Coin drop 15103  3.61%
High Relief 14926  3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14643  3.50%