Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1055524 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)	55446	13.55%
Silver Clad	32350	7.90%
Coin Silver	24456	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23358	5.71%
BN	22945	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21943	5.36%
RB	21394	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18412	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18126	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17206	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17037	4.16%
Rarity	16153	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16135	3.94%
PQ	15946	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15691	3.83%
Incuse	14993	3.66%
Coin drop	14757	3.61%
High Relief	14618	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14301	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	14045	3.43%