Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 940399 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) 54306  13.95%
Silver Clad 31419  8.07%
Coin Silver 23498  6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22346  5.74%
BN 21884  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21131  5.43%
RB 20237  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17523  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17135  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16236  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16219  4.17%
PQ 15000  3.85%
Rarity 14846  3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14842  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14831  3.81%
Incuse 13978  3.59%
Coin drop 13729  3.53%
High Relief 13719  3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13270  3.41%
Obverse or Face side 12990  3.34%