Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1122673 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) 56060  13.24%
Silver Clad 32951  7.78%
Coin Silver 25020  5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23949  5.66%
BN 23506  5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22455  5.30%
RB 21958  5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18928  4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18890  4.46%
Reeded Edge 17766  4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17575  4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17001  4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16934  4.00%
Rarity 16818  3.97%
PQ 16499  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16176  3.82%
Incuse 15522  3.67%
Coin drop 15365  3.63%
High Relief 15145  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14888  3.52%