Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 930878 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) 54190  14.00%
Silver Clad 31325  8.09%
Coin Silver 23394  6.04%
Slabbed Coins 22231  5.74%
BN 21762  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21029  5.43%
RB 20114  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17419  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17022  4.40%
Reeded Edge 16128  4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16118  4.16%
PQ 14887  3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14742  3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14738  3.81%
Rarity 14709  3.80%
Incuse 13873  3.58%
High Relief 13623  3.52%
Coin drop 13616  3.52%
Reverse Cameo 13139  3.39%
Obverse or Face side 12897  3.33%