Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1018757 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) 55094 13.65%
Silver Clad 32070 7.95%
Coin Silver 24153 5.98%
Slabbed Coins 23083 5.72%
BN 22651 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21689 5.37%
RB 21091 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18143 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17865 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16903 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16810 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15857 3.93%
Rarity 15766 3.91%
PQ 15678 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15439 3.82%
Incuse 14741 3.65%
Coin drop 14457 3.58%
High Relief 14365 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14033 3.48%
Obverse or Face side 13747 3.41%