Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 861896 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) 52757 14.53%
Silver Clad 30212 8.32%
Coin Silver 22217 6.12%
Slabbed Coins 21085 5.81%
BN 20449 5.63%
Encapsulated Coin 19945 5.49%
RB 18867 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16254 4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15748 4.34%
Reeded Edge 15013 4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14970 4.12%
PQ 13788 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13665 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13618 3.75%
Rarity 13257 3.65%
Incuse 12656 3.49%
High Relief 12545 3.45%
Coin drop 12386 3.41%
Reverse Cameo 11902 3.28%
Obverse or Face side 11799 3.25%