Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 899265 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) 53625  14.25%
Silver Clad 30833  8.19%
Coin Silver 22869  6.08%
Slabbed Coins 21706  5.77%
BN 21156  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20529  5.46%
RB 19546  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16888  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16476  4.38%
Reeded Edge 15620  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15586  4.14%
PQ 14390  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14240  3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14214  3.78%
Rarity 14078  3.74%
Incuse 13310  3.54%
High Relief 13110  3.48%
Coin drop 13100  3.48%
Reverse Cameo 12561  3.34%
Obverse or Face side 12399  3.30%