Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 951078 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) 54461  13.90%
Silver Clad 31543  8.05%
Coin Silver 23624  6.03%
Slabbed Coins 22477  5.74%
BN 22022  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21239  5.42%
RB 20384  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17630  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17256  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16362  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16328  4.17%
PQ 15130  3.86%
Rarity 15004  3.83%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14962  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14943  3.81%
Incuse 14117  3.60%
Coin drop 13875  3.54%
High Relief 13839  3.53%
Reverse Cameo 13407  3.42%
Obverse or Face side 13113  3.35%