Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 938364 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) 54292  13.96%
Silver Clad 31403  8.08%
Coin Silver 23480  6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22329  5.74%
BN 21863  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21117  5.43%
RB 20220  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17505  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17121  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16219  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16208  4.17%
PQ 14986  3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14833  3.81%
Rarity 14826  3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14819  3.81%
Incuse 13960  3.59%
Coin drop 13711  3.53%
High Relief 13703  3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13255  3.41%
Obverse or Face side 12975  3.34%