Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 748662 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)	42800	13.33%
Silver Clad	28651	8.92%
Coin Silver	20720	6.45%
Slabbed Coins	19072	5.94%
BN	18752	5.84%
Encapsulated Coin	18059	5.62%
RB	17419	5.43%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	14221	4.43%
PF (PF60, PF70)	14086	4.39%
Reeded Edge	13607	4.24%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	13304	4.14%
PQ	12311	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	12069	3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70)	11935	3.72%
High Relief	11196	3.49%
Incuse	11176	3.48%
Rarity	11089	3.45%
Coin drop	10558	3.29%
Obverse or Face side	10429	3.25%
Reverse Cameo	9623	3.00%