Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 777325 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	44496	13.41%
Silver Clad	29096	8.77%
Coin Silver	21140	6.37%
Slabbed Coins	19758	5.95%
BN	19268	5.81%
Encapsulated Coin	18636	5.62%
RB	17888	5.39%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	14699	4.43%
PF (PF60, PF70)	14578	4.39%
Reeded Edge	14007	4.22%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	13758	4.15%
PQ	12801	3.86%
MS (MS60-MS70)	12505	3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70)	12393	3.73%
Rarity	11752	3.54%
Incuse	11599	3.50%
High Relief	11580	3.49%
Coin drop	10989	3.31%
Obverse or Face side	10814	3.26%
Reverse Cameo	10074	3.04%