Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1024142 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)	55142	13.63%
Silver Clad	32111	7.94%
Coin Silver	24191	5.98%
Slabbed Coins	23122	5.72%
BN	22694	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21728	5.37%
RB	21141	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18177	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17904	4.43%
Reeded Edge	16944	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16840	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15889	3.93%
Rarity	15817	3.91%
PQ	15717	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15471	3.82%
Incuse	14779	3.65%
Coin drop	14499	3.58%
High Relief	14400	3.56%
Reverse Cameo	14071	3.48%
Obverse or Face side	13800	3.41%