Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 871395 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) 53044  14.48%
Silver Clad 30374  8.29%
Coin Silver 22366  6.11%
Slabbed Coins 21226  5.79%
BN 20601  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20092  5.49%
RB 19031  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16443  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15901  4.34%
Reeded Edge 15166  4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15118  4.13%
PQ 13922  3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13804  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13758  3.76%
Rarity 13415  3.66%
Incuse 12781  3.49%
High Relief 12675  3.46%
Coin drop 12585  3.44%
Reverse Cameo 12041  3.29%
Obverse or Face side 11933  3.26%