Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 889441 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) 53462  14.31%
Silver Clad 30705  8.22%
Coin Silver 22734  6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21573  5.78%
BN 20982  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20411  5.46%
RB 19394  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16763  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16324  4.37%
Reeded Edge 15510  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15453  4.14%
PQ 14258  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14113  3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14079  3.77%
Rarity 13857  3.71%
Incuse 13159  3.52%
High Relief 12991  3.48%
Coin drop 12972  3.47%
Reverse Cameo 12415  3.32%
Obverse or Face side 12279  3.29%