Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1125583 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) 56079  13.23%
Silver Clad 32972  7.78%
Coin Silver 25043  5.91%
Slabbed Coins 23975  5.66%
BN 23523  5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22466  5.30%
RB 21975  5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18947  4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18905  4.46%
Reeded Edge 17789  4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17597  4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17016  4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16963  4.00%
Rarity 16840  3.97%
PQ 16515  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16204  3.82%
Incuse 15543  3.67%
Coin drop 15391  3.63%
High Relief 15164  3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14907  3.52%