Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 799827 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	45694	13.47%
Silver Clad	29400	8.67%
Coin Silver	21427	6.32%
Slabbed Coins	20164	5.94%
BN	19616	5.78%
Encapsulated Coin	19034	5.61%
RB	18147	5.35%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	15098	4.45%
PF (PF60, PF70)	14905	4.39%
Reeded Edge	14281	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	14097	4.16%
PQ	13065	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	12799	3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70)	12748	3.76%
Rarity	12199	3.60%
Incuse	11880	3.50%
High Relief	11841	3.49%
Coin drop	11336	3.34%
Obverse or Face side	11093	3.27%
Reverse Cameo	10390	3.06%