Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1110999 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)	55967	13.27%
Silver Clad	32871	7.79%
Coin Silver	24924	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23858	5.66%
BN	23429	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22367	5.30%
RB	21871	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18849	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18822	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17676	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17485	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	16940	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16821	3.99%
Rarity	16720	3.96%
PQ	16412	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16114	3.82%
Incuse	15445	3.66%
Coin drop	15271	3.62%
High Relief	15061	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14805	3.51%