Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 859309 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) 52698 14.53%
Silver Clad 30183 8.32%
Coin Silver 22188 6.12%
Slabbed Coins 21059 5.81%
BN 20419 5.63%
Encapsulated Coin 19914 5.49%
RB 18839 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16216 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15716 4.33%
Reeded Edge 14983 4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14937 4.12%
PQ 13757 3.79%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13631 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13593 3.75%
Rarity 13229 3.65%
Incuse 12631 3.48%
High Relief 12520 3.45%
Coin drop 12349 3.41%
Reverse Cameo 11875 3.28%
Obverse or Face side 11773 3.25%