Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 926376 search inquires.

Selected 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)	54135	14.02%
Silver Clad	31281	8.10%
Coin Silver	23345	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22187	5.75%
BN	21696	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20990	5.44%
RB	20063	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17369	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16960	4.39%
Reeded Edge	16083	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16069	4.16%
PQ	14847	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14704	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14689	3.81%
Rarity	14647	3.79%
Incuse	13821	3.58%
High Relief	13576	3.52%
Coin drop	13564	3.51%
Reverse Cameo	13092	3.39%
Obverse or Face side	12850	3.33%