Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1106860 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) 55917  13.28%
Silver Clad 32826  7.80%
Coin Silver 24889  5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23813  5.66%
BN 23388  5.56%
Encapsulated Coin 22327  5.30%
RB 21838  5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18816  4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18791  4.46%
Reeded Edge 17642  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17446  4.14%
Obverse or Face side 16903  4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16768  3.98%
Rarity 16663  3.96%
PQ 16376  3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16074  3.82%
Incuse 15401  3.66%
Coin drop 15222  3.62%
High Relief 15025  3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14767  3.51%