Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 642368 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	37632	13.31%
Silver Clad	26916	9.52%
Coin Silver	19071	6.75%
BN	16930	5.99%
Encapsulated Coin	16332	5.78%
Slabbed Coins	15966	5.65%
RB	15509	5.49%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	12661	4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70)	12303	4.35%
Reeded Edge	12075	4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	11787	4.17%
PQ	10550	3.73%
MS (MS60-MS70)	10473	3.70%
PR (PR60, PR70)	10355	3.66%
High Relief	9737	3.44%
Incuse	9664	3.42%
Coin drop	8995	3.18%
Obverse or Face side	8959	3.17%
Rarity	8707	3.08%
Reverse Cameo	8030	2.84%