Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1133366 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) 56140 13.21%
Silver Clad 33031 7.77%
Coin Silver 25118 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24048 5.66%
BN 23584 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22528 5.30%
RB 22039 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19022 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18956 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17845 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17646 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17064 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17036 4.01%
Rarity 16928 3.98%
PQ 16576 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16263 3.83%
Incuse 15607 3.67%
Coin drop 15471 3.64%
High Relief 15222 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14980 3.52%