Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 930181 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) 54177  14.00%
Silver Clad 31318  8.10%
Coin Silver 23389  6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22223  5.74%
BN 21750  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21021  5.43%
RB 20107  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17408  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17011  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16120  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16109  4.16%
PQ 14880  3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14738  3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14727  3.81%
Rarity 14698  3.80%
Incuse 13862  3.58%
High Relief 13615  3.52%
Coin drop 13606  3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13133  3.39%
Obverse or Face side 12890  3.33%