Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1078224 search inquires.

Random title: Red Book

Explanation: The Handbook of U.S. Coins, a retail price guide for U.S. coins published annually, originally written by R.S. Yeoman. Perhaps the most popular book for listing US coin retail values, grades, and mintages

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55662	13.46%
Silver Clad	32546	7.87%
Coin Silver	24660	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	23554	5.70%
BN	23130	5.59%
Encapsulated Coin	22118	5.35%
RB	21594	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18586	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18502	4.47%
Reeded Edge	17404	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17232	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16449	3.98%
Rarity	16374	3.96%
PQ	16143	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15868	3.84%
Incuse	15167	3.67%
Coin drop	14974	3.62%
High Relief	14813	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14508	3.51%
Obverse or Face side	14228	3.44%