Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 943361 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) 54342  13.93%
Silver Clad 31454  8.06%
Coin Silver 23533  6.03%
Slabbed Coins 22377  5.74%
BN 21919  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21158  5.42%
RB 20277  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17556  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17162  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16275  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16249  4.17%
PQ 15033  3.85%
Rarity 14881  3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14870  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14861  3.81%
Incuse 14016  3.59%
Coin drop 13774  3.53%
High Relief 13748  3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13303  3.41%
Obverse or Face side 13025  3.34%