Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 899815 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) 53637  14.25%
Silver Clad 30838  8.19%
Coin Silver 22876  6.08%
Slabbed Coins 21716  5.77%
BN 21166  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20535  5.46%
RB 19555  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16901  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16491  4.38%
Reeded Edge 15627  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15596  4.14%
PQ 14394  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14248  3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14220  3.78%
Rarity 14087  3.74%
Incuse 13321  3.54%
High Relief 13117  3.48%
Coin drop 13104  3.48%
Reverse Cameo 12566  3.34%
Obverse or Face side 12404  3.30%