Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 888105 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) 53432  14.33%
Silver Clad 30685  8.23%
Coin Silver 22709  6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21552  5.78%
BN 20959  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20390  5.47%
RB 19363  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16738  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16298  4.37%
Reeded Edge 15487  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15433  4.14%
PQ 14235  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14095  3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14060  3.77%
Rarity 13827  3.71%
Incuse 13140  3.52%
High Relief 12972  3.48%
Coin drop 12956  3.47%
Reverse Cameo 12394  3.32%
Obverse or Face side 12260  3.29%