Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 799827 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) 45694  13.47%
Silver Clad 29400  8.67%
Coin Silver 21427  6.32%
Slabbed Coins 20164  5.94%
BN 19616  5.78%
Encapsulated Coin 19034  5.61%
RB 18147  5.35%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 15098  4.45%
PF (PF60, PF70) 14905  4.39%
Reeded Edge 14281  4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14097  4.16%
PQ 13065  3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 12799  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 12748  3.76%
Rarity 12199  3.60%
Incuse 11880  3.50%
High Relief 11841  3.49%
Coin drop 11336  3.34%
Obverse or Face side 11093  3.27%
Reverse Cameo 10390  3.06%