Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 907016 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) 53792  14.17%
Silver Clad 30987  8.16%
Coin Silver 23036  6.07%
Slabbed Coins 21878  5.76%
BN 21345  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20683  5.45%
RB 19737  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17057  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16642  4.38%
Reeded Edge 15787  4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15762  4.15%
PQ 14540  3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14407  3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14377  3.79%
Rarity 14281  3.76%
Incuse 13483  3.55%
Coin drop 13270  3.50%
High Relief 13263  3.49%
Reverse Cameo 12742  3.36%
Obverse or Face side 12556  3.31%