Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1125938 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) 56083  13.23%
Silver Clad 32975  7.78%
Coin Silver 25047  5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23976  5.66%
BN 23524  5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22472  5.30%
RB 21981  5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18954  4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18910  4.46%
Reeded Edge 17790  4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17600  4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17019  4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16967  4.00%
Rarity 16846  3.97%
PQ 16518  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16208  3.82%
Incuse 15547  3.67%
Coin drop 15393  3.63%
High Relief 15170  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14911  3.52%